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Entered, according to Act of Congress, Jan, 25th, 1869, by 

JOHJN^ BISHOP HALL, 

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the 
Southern District of Ohio. 



BEHOLD ! THE BRIDEGROOM COMETH ! 
GO YE OUT TO MEET HIM ! 



WHO then IS a faithful and wise servant, WHOM 
his Lord HATH made ruler over his household, to give 
them meat in DUE season f — 

But God HATH CHOSEN the foolish things of the world 
to confound the wise ; and God hath chosen the weak 
things of the world to confound the things which are 
mighty; and base things of the world, and things which 
are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which 
are not, to bring to naught things that are: That no 

FLESH SHOULD GLORY IN HiS PRESENCE. — 

I thank Thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, 
because Thou hast hid these things from the wise and 
prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes. — 

And every man that hath this hope in him PURi- 
fieth himself, even as He is pure. 



REVELATION, CHAPTER X. 

• 

How SWEET are thy words unto my taste ! Yea, 
SWEETER than honey to my mouth!— 

Meats for the helly, and the helly for meats ; but God 
shall destroy both it and them I — 

Whose God is their helly. — 

Thou Shalt EAT this LITTLE BOOK, and it shall 
be to thee SWEET as HONEY; or WORMWOOD 
and GALL ! — A savor of death unto death, or of life 
unto life. 

On the 15th of this January, God said with 

VOICE TO ME THESE WORDS : BeHOLD, I SET BEFORE 

thee an open door; within is life, without is 
Death. — 

JOHN, Jan. 25th, A. D. 1869. 

The description of the Angel, or Messenger, is the des- 
cription of his Message. The Messenger may be, and is 
a very weak creature. But his Message is mighty, for it 
is of God. And God is mighty! — Clothed with a 



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cloud. It is, and shall be high, and lifted up. — A rain- 
bow upon his head. Extending peace, before the Lion 
shall come to tear, and devour; and proclaiming the 
speedy reign of the Prince of Peace. — His face as it were 
the sun. Its first part is descriptive of the nature, and 
glory of God ; and the whole reflecting the mind of the 
Coming King, the Sun of Righteousness. — His feet as 
pillars of fire. Its latter part portrays the nature, and 
character of the Devil ; and the two Hells into which 
the wicked are cast. The Message shall be planted upon 
the sea, the Messenger on the earth. The foot of the 
Message, and left foot of the Messenger are as pillars of 
fire. 



THE REVELATION WHICH GOD GAVE 
UNTO JOHN. 



"There is no God?" Well then vain man 
Thyself, the earth, the heavens scan ; 
All that exists, each star that glows, 
And say from whence all these arose. 
From chaos did these worlds arise 
That now bedeck the gorgeous skies ? 
Is then the great formed by the less ? 
Made they themselves from nothingness ? 
Dost not thou trace through all their laws 
The workings of a Great First Cause ? 



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Are these effects tli' Eternal One ? 

Then is one ray the mighty Sun ! 

Effects are infin'tes'mal things, 

And each from certain causes springs. 

Each world, each particle of mist 

Doth from specific cause exist. 

And though their laws none may detect, 

Each finite cause is an effect. 

And step by step we thus are led 

Until we reach the Fountain Head ! 

All causes flowing forth from it, 

A Cause Eternal, Infinite ! 

"From whence came it?" This Cause came not. 

Were time and endless space begot ? 

Or canst thou hold them in thy palm ? 

This First Cause is the Great I Am ! 

Ere the begit^ning the:n' begin. 

When space was void, and naught within ! 



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No earth, nor moon, nor stars, nor sun ; 

Only th' Eternal, Holy One ! 

Subtract the number of their years ; 

See ! then there were no shining spheres ! 

Subtract thou from infinity. 

And infinite it still will be ! 

God, high on his Eternal Throne 

Is infinite, and He alone ! 

This GRANDEST truth is clearly taught 

By all the works which he hath wrought. 

Infinity of Time, and Space, 

E'en these His attributes embrace. 

They are the endless life and form 

Of " Him who rides upon the storm." 

And infinite in life and might. 

From Him hath sprung these orbs of light ! 

His Spirit evWy atom told^ 

Ere from it forth one planet rolled ! 



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Ere light the paths of darkness trod 

There was alone the awful God ! 

Within Himself supremely blest 

In His eternity of rest ! 

Then did each law which doth create, 

Within His Spirit scintillate ! 

Which doth as sparkling gems appear 

Bedecking heaven's chandelier ! 

And praise pealed from a shining host, 

To Father, Word, and Holy Ghost! 

The earth, although a pond'rous globe. 

The Sun, a million would enrobe ! 

And yet itself a shining speck. 

Amid the suns which heav'n bedeck! 

Like countless gems, beneath, above ! 

Great crystals of Eternal love ! 

And round these burning, dazzling lights 

Fly myriads of satellites ! 



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All moving with amazing force! 

Speeding like lightning in their course! 

And sweeping onward, one by one, 

System on system, sun on sun, 

Vast myriads ! through depths unknown, 

Around Jehovah's awful throne ! 

And incense-praise, sublimer far^ 

Wreathes round it from each burning star! 

Is there no God ? " Well then vain man, 

Thyself, the earth, the heavens scan, 

All that exists, each star that glows, 

And say from whence all these arose!" 

Doth not each flow'r that decks the sod, 

Each glowing orb, proclaim a Grod? 

Who by the fiat of His will 

Hath made the worlds 1 Upholds them still ! 

Poising each planet in its place ! 

And through immensity of space, 



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All that exists, effect, or cause, 

Is ruled by His eternal laws ! 

A Being infinite in might! 

A God of love! a God of light! 

Then mortal men sprung from the clod, 

To "what then will ye liken God?'^ 

Or ''wherewith wilt" thou liken him 

Thou shining, mighty seraphim ? 

With all these worlds profusely strown 

Compare ye Him upon the throne? 

The blazing sun will ye compare 

Unto aurora's fitful glare? 

Or the vast heav'n's effulgent light 

With the dim glow-worm of the night? 

These countless orbs on ev'ry hand 

Unto a single grain of sand ? 

These are as naught! And still "alone'^ 

God ''rests'' on His Eternal Throne! 



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If they were not, He still would be! 

And robed in awful majesty! 

And yet the Godhead is displayed 

In fearful grandeurs, thus arrayed! 

And whilst on them we shall have gazed, 

Trembling, awe-stricken, and amazed, 

As smallest atoms in the sea, 

We sink in this immensity, 

This thought our hearts shall buoy above, 

That God, is our Menial Love! 

The heart in his, He'll guard, control, 

As cycled ages onward roll ! 

But shrinking from these realms of light, 

Hail ! thou lone star, yet shining bright ! 

And wherefore hath God giv'n thee birth 

Thou rolling, tij)j)ing, flying earth ? 

Thou lookest young: Art not thou old? 

Canst thou thy history unfold 



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Since praise through heav'n's high arches rang, 

As "th' morning stars together sang," 

"And sons of God shouted for joy?" 

Or each dark page wouldst thou destroy? 

Ah ! what a thrilling tale would be 

A transcript of thy history, 

Through all thy sunlight, and thy storm 

Back to thy dark chaotic form ! 

When th' curtain of eternity 

Was lifted from thy nebula ! 

Each changing scene till it shall fall. 

Would thrill the soul, or heart appall ! 

Through epochs long, and dark untold, 

That thou unwearied hast rolled. 

Thou plainly showest when we trace 

The deep^ graved lines upon thy face, 

Or relics of some mighty shock 

Thou felt at each new-born epoch ; 



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As o'er thy waste the cold winds moaned, 
And gloom, and darkness sat enthroned ! 
Until thy molten epoch came, 
When thou wast but a ball of flame !- 
Or, when great serpents of the deep, 
Sole monarchs, did high revel keep, 
Till mammoth monsters (seemingly). 
Gigantic crests raised from the sea, 
Mid belching flames, whose lurid glare 
Revealed the land mid sea and air ; — 
Or when the warring elements. 
Raged over flood and continents. 
And marks of changes still we trace 
As thrice from thee God hid his face ! 
But o'er thy rent, and heaving form 
In swaddling clothes oi fire^ and storm. 
As gently as the dews distill 
Moved God's creative Spirit still ! 



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And mid the elemental strife ! 

Infused in thee the germs of life ! 

"The mists arose!" and in their sheen 

Dry land was robed in emerald green, 

As fields, and dales, and mountain-tops 

Were flashing in the bright dew-drops ! 

And sweetest flow'rs of ev'ry hue, 

Unfolding, kissed the morning dew ! 

And plants, and shrubs, and tow'ring trees 

Waved welcome to the dancing breeze, 

AMiich breathed o'er all the rich perfume 

Exhaled from thy primeval bloom ! 

And lo ! God caused from thee to spring 

Each "bird," and "beast," and "creeping 

With the enormous mastodon, [thing," 

As age on age went sweeping on ! 

Thus wast thou formed ! and God from thence 

Beheld thy grand magnificence ! 



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Fitted for life — each element 

In harmony and beauty blent ! 

A gorgeous world ! A blazing star ! 

Poised high in space, wreathing afar 

Amid thy starry sisterhood ! 

And even God pronounced thee "good!" 

Formed for a purpose grand and great, 

Which He alone could estimate. 

The total good o' beings in this 

And other worlds, their highest bliss, 

That whilst the heavens shall abide, 

He might by them be glorified ! 

And since thy trial race was run, 

In thy first circuit round the sun, 

With elements that seethed, and melt, 

Thy subtle power has been felt; 

For ev'ry planet in its course 

Is governed by attractive force. 



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And thou art also an event 

For other worlds' enlightenment. 

For all thy history can boast 

Is known to the angelic host. 

Thy sum of good God ne'er designed 

Unto thyself to be confined. 

But how should He be " glorified," 

Except by those to him allied? 

And having, therefore, "by His word," 

Formed "creeping thing," and "beast," and 

"bird," 
Sea-monsters, and each finny race, 
As in a great aquar'us vase, 
"We '11 now make man," the Aleim said, 
" In likeness " of the great Godhead, 
And he shall walk the earth erect, ' 

Endowed with God-like intellect, 
To understand its subtle laws — 



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To trace effects to their first cause — 

Nature subdue, or gently nurse, 

And with his God to hold converse, 

And all the beasts of wood or field, 

To him obedience shall yield. 

And when he wills, he shall from thence 

Make servants of the elements. 

As lord of air, and main, and sea, 

On " earth," his heritage shall be; 

As "son of God," o'er earth's domain, 

He shall, as " God," forever reign. 

And " God made man from dust of earth.'' 

How had he then a royal birth ? 

How could his nature then entwine 

With the eternal and divine. 

If dust and " nphsh " * were the whole 

Which made of man "a living soul? " 

* Breath. 



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He stamped his "image" on the clod! 

And breathed therein the " lives " of God ! 

Thus he was even named a son 

By the Eternal, Holy One ! 

And of his bone, his flesh, and life, 

God made his counterpart — a wife. 

And they were rich — the earth possessed ; 

Holy they were, and therefore bless'd. 

But how these "Z^^;^5" of God were lost, 

What, to restore them, it hath cost. 

And vital truths which through these beam, 

Are subjects for a future theme. 

But, son of Adam, proud and vain. 

Though groping in a darkened plain, 

These mighty truths^ sublime and grand, 

Like sunlit jpeaks^ before us stand ; 

As mountahirbasej or earth asjirm, 

Of which each star is but a germ^ 



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Bright sparkling in each drop of dew, 

The endless ages flashing through^ 

Illumining space's vast domain, ["reign ! " 

That God doth "live!" That God doth 

That by Him all the worlds were made ! 

And that his Spirit doth pervade 

All things which are, or are to he, 

Through infinite immensity ! 

Then what is man ? A mere fantasm ! 

Then is there not a boundless chasm — 

A dark abyss — which none can span, 

That intervenes 'twixt God and man ? 

Can even mighty seraphs dare 

To think that God for them would care ? 

Majestic truths ! reason affirms 

He even cares for mortal worms ! 

That He, who doth all power wield. 

Hath unto them his will revealed ! 



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A child will make a toy for mirth : 

Hath thus Jehovah formed the earth ? 

Or, having made it, hath he hurled 

It from Him, as a useless world ? 

Without a motive or a plan. 

Formed He the earth and race of man ? 

A God, all-wise, and good, and great, 

Herein was bound, so to create, 

That, from the system chosen, should 

Result the greatest ''total good^ 

But how could man his part fulfill. 

Unaided by His written tvill ? 

*' Where hath He written it ? " Behold ! 

Thine own heart-lids His laws infold ! 

They 're graven on thy very soul ! 

Each leaflet is a parchment scroll ! 

In ev'ry clime, in ev'ry age. 

All nature is God's written page ! 



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His starry hosts, you love, admire ; 
These are His characters of fire ! 
Where'er we gaze, we only see 
The writing of the Deity! 
The heav'ns and earth, the sea and air, 
His " Godhead and his power declare !" 
God's truths thus written, thus profuse, 
Had left "all men without excuse.'* 
But He more gracious, loving still 
Hath SPOKEN unto man his will. 
" But hath the Great Jehovah then 
With voice^ conversed with mortal men?" 
Never ! not once ! For if God spake 
The thunders of His voice would shake 
All things ! The starry heavens roll 
Together as a flying "scroll ! " 
"Never not once" except as "still. 
Small," gentle voice revealed His will, 



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His messengers He hath required, 
Angels, and seers whom He inspired. 
And him He " sent in his " own ^' name " 
His ^'ivord^^ to give, His laws proclaim. 
"But if no man His voice hath heard, 
How know the Scriptures are his word? 
Substantial proofs are here desired 
As evidence they are inspired. '^ 
Show me a coin, whose image, clear, 
And superscription have we here ? 
"Caesar's; they bear his own imprint." 
This coin is then from Caesar's mint! 
Man's subtlety however great, 
God's image, none can imitate ! 
Behold here now, a dazzling gem, 
One, from a royal diadem. 
With natal luster it doth shine. 
It came then from its native mine! 



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God's sparkling truth, divinely lit, 
Error, can never counterfeit ! 
A work was seen, semi-divine, 
Gracing the hills of Palestine. 
Its parts were made by many men, 
Millions there were of them, but when 
Each one was put in its own place. 
Throughout its broad foundation-base, 
Till towering, it rose on high. 
With pinnacles that pierced the sky. 
Each part matched part, as by a word, 
"Without the sound of hammer" heard. 
Without a flaw to intersect. 
For God Himself was Architect ! 
In gorgeous splendor, gold and gilt, 
King Solomon this Temple built 
According to God's perfect plan, 
(Being endowed the "wisest man,") 



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And from this wonder of the world 

The *' Banner of the Lord" unfurled ! 

But God hath built on Zion's mount 

With crystalled-gems which none can count, 

A GEAXDER TEMPLE, tow'ring high, 

Whose STARRY dome melts in the sky ! 

Ere Solomon, or Holy shrine, 

Stood on the hills of Palestine, 

Before Jerusalem was known, 

He laid its ^^ precious corner-stone!^^ 

And God skilled many in the arts 

Of fashioning its varied parts. 

But when they all were put in place 

They harmonized with matchless grace. 

Till this gigantic work was done. 

As age on age their courses run. 

And noiv no flaw can man detect I 

Jehovah was its Architect ! 



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"But who can tread these courts divine, 
Who enter to their holy shrine ? 
Shall the impure, polluted, vile? " 
None enter in who would defile! 
Lo, here are waters, shall we lave 
Within their cleansing, sparkling wave ? 
Behold now, glist'ning in the light, 
These regal garments, snowy white! 
Here cleansed^ and robed, lowly, and meek 
Truth's guarded entrance we may seek. 
" Guarded by God ?" Even by Him ! 
With ''flaming sword" and "cherubim," 
To smite the haughty in their pride ! 
The meek to guard, the lowly guide ! 
Truth's portals passed, its gates unfold, 
Its inner grandeurs, now behold ! 
Lo, these all outer ones, o'erwhelm ! 
For God Himself illumes this realm ! 



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Which doth a holy halo cast 

Through long^ dim vistas of the past ! 

Yet the eternal, future night, 

Illumining with waves of light ! 

Then softly tread this holy place, 

Where the aechangel veils his face ! 

Where tremblingly he hath adored 

Before the floods of glory poured ! 

Where truth's pure shrine in beauty stands 

Mid myriads of angel-bands ! 

Whose courts of light, and sapphire throne 

Can he portrayed by God alone ! 

Though gently falls its cheering light, 

Here is condensed Jehovah's might ! 

Whose tidal waves shall yet be seen ! 

^Tis God^s electric magazine ! 

Whilst MEEK ones giving life and joy^ 

Its thunderbolts, the proud destroy ! 



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But if clear proofs shall be required 
That all herein is God-'' inspired^'' ^ 
The past ^ Midi present^ closely scan 
Through all the history of man, 
Each great event minutely trace 
Distinguishing God's chosen race ; 
Note also how things, seeming small, 
Caused thrones to rise and empires fall; 
Then in these "courts," for ages old, 
Earth's pictured pageantry behold ; 
And thou shalt see, ere they had birth. 
That all these changing scenes of earth 
Were, on Truth's panoramic stage, 
Beheld by angels, seer, and sage ! 
Truth's surfaces prepared, and bright, 
Received this imagery of Light 
In God's great Gallery of Art ! 
EartKs scenes are hut their counterpart ! 



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Then dearly God hath here enshrined 
The thoughts of His Eternal mind! 
Thus hath He '-built ox Ziox's mount 
With crystalled gems, which none can county 
This graxdee Temple, tow'bixg high, 
Whose starry dome melts ix the sky!" 
Temple of God I of truth I all hail I 
Before thy light, all splexdors pale ! 
A crystalled pile of truth axd light ! 
Reflectixg the effulgexce bright 
Which from the Godhead ox thee shoxe I 
CASTING THE SHADOW OF HIS 
And from thy turrets is unfurled [THROXE ! 
His banner, floating o'er the world ! 
Then, mortal man, no longer proud, 
Should darkness still thy mind enshroud? 
And hast thou still no beacon hope ? 
Then look through truth's kaleidoscope ! 



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Dost not thou know, canst not thou see 

Thy final end — man's destiny ? 

Behold, two brilliant lights illume 

The darkness of the future gloom ! 

The light reflected^ and direct 

Of the Eternal Intellect ! 

Ill night's abyss, icJiere God^s ne'er shone. 

They fall, who ivill not use their cmn; 

AMio vain philosophy discuss, 

Chasins: this iornis fatuus, 

Till, lured to this awful brink, 

Down night's gulf, bottomless, they sink ; 

Whose passions blind, ••vain creeds," and 

The "glory of the Godhead'' hide, [••pride," 

For ^^how can" they His truths '^believe,'' 

" Who will from men honor receive ? '* 

AVe only noted cursorily 

The •• writing'' of the Deitv: 



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Yet, in this great ^^ reflected light," 

Have seen the majesty and might 

Of Him who doth the scepter wield, 

To whom all should allegiance yield. 

In wonder on these scenes we " gazed, 

Trembling, awe-stricken, and amazed!" 

On those more holy we encroach. 

As we God's awful throne approach, 

To hear His words, His will inquire, 

For "God is a consuming fire ! " 

First, boldly^ meekly^ shall we now, 

In lowest depths, before Him bow ? 

Although " the heavens are his throne," 

Though He be "God," and " He alone," 

His very greatness makes us bold ! 

For though He " stoopeth to behold 

The things which are in Heav'n and earth," 

He notes the faintest zephyr's birth ! 



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Each hreatJi of grayer He ever heard 

Of those '^who tremble at His word^ 

Almighty God! Great God of "Love," 

We lift oviV prayer to Thee above! 

Here launched on Time's dark rolling tide, 

Thy Chart shall be our only guide. 

Meekly before Thee we have kneeled, 

Oh, show us all therein revealed ! 

Each reef, each gulf, where dangers lie, 

And we Thy name will glorify ! 

Here borne upon the tempest's wing, 

Dark clouds are thickly gathering, 

Thy whirlwinds now come sweeping past! 

We hear their moan and angry blast! 

O'erhead thy livid lightnings flash ! 

Lo, now thy awful thunders crash ! 

But here rolls up a blacker night. 

Thy earthquakes loose their pent-up might! 



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Enwrapped in flame, and tempest tossed, 

Reach down Thine arm, or we are lost ! 

We "looked, and there was none to save!" 

We sink in the engulfing wave ! 

But Thou wilt maJce this surging sea, 

Boll our frail harriue onward to Thee! 

For these black heavens now are rent ! 

Through them thou hast thine angel sent 

To calm the fury of the blast, 

A holy light from Thee to cast 

Upon the j)ages of Thy Charts 

Thy strength and wisdom to impart! 

The blackening whirlwinds backward march, 

Their heav'xs three bows of promise arch! 

Oh, dreadful God! Sweet, Holy Love! 

We lift our hearts to thine above! 

Xow floating on this sparkling tide, 

Thrju art our light, our life, our guide! 



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Thou Tiast the awful "clangers" shown 
Which o'er the voy'ge of Time are strewn! 
Before thy wrath, all nature reeled! 
But Thou Thv savins: love revealed! 
Thy holy name, God most High, 
We will forever glorify! 
Here borne upon the wings of light, 
These clouds, how heautifid and bright! 
Thy winds in gentle zephyrs wreathe! 
The very breath of Heav a we breathe! 
O'erhead flash forth Thy chandeliers, 
Xow chimes the music of the spheres! 
But here rolls up a brighter light ! 
The '^Holv Citv" flies in sight! 

A BLAZE OF GLORY FILLS THIS PLACE ! 

Thy "lost" ones soon thou wilt "embrace!" 
For even Thou^ Love, didst save 
Our life from Death's eterxal avave ! 



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Now rising from this " sea of glass," 
On golden ^'clouds" we swiftly pass, 
H:o float Ugh o'er Life's crystal sea, 
And ocean of eternity ! 
As OUTLINE TKUTHS we now discern, 
To the first "Eden" we return, 
Man's destiny to clearly trace^ 
Having God's WORD, a solid base ! 
Amid bright streams with pearly flow, 
God made all things of beauty grow. 
To see such scene, angel might hope : 
O'er dale, and hill, and gentle slope, 
The richest landscape could be seen ! 
The ground was robed in velvet green. 
And diamonds flashed, like drops of dew 
Strung round the flow'rs of rainbow hue ; 
And plants, and shrubs, and graceful trees 
Formed harps of music for the breeze, 



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''Which breathed o'er all the rich perfume 
Exhaled from the primeval bloom ! " 
And there was formed a bowered grove 
By vines and branches interwove ; 
And- through each grove, the plants among 
The brightest fruits like pendents hung: 
And angel- voices oft were heard 
Mingling with sweetest notes of bird; 
And over all the sunbeams threw 
Prismatic rays of richest hue. 
Within this bright and hallowed shade 
God placed the pair whom He had made. 
With purest love their hearts were filled, 
Like dew in flow'rs, heaven-distilled ! 
Fragrant as flow'rs on which they trod, 
There wedded love, and love of God ! 
The "angel," named in Scripture, "God," 
Oft walked with them the velvet sod, 



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To guide their minds, to teach them truth ; 

By his companionship, forsooth. 

To their bright life a charm to lend, 

Communing oft as friend with friend; 

Who said to both, — the man and wife : — 

"Of ev'ry tree, the tree of life" 

You may partake, and freely "eat;" 

"Their fruit shall be to you for meat;" 

"Except" this one, which I forbidst — 

"The tree that" stands there "in the midst." 

"The day" this evil fruit you try, 

Now know that '^you shall surely diey 

"Though of the danger thus apprised, 

Why was man's life so jeopardized? 

This vipered-tree why did Grod sow, 

From which the 'sting of death' should growV^ 

In love was given the behest. 

Where is no law with which to test, 



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Even with angel purity, 

Virtue, then could not virtue he. 

The laws of right and justice bind 

The Infinite Eternal Mind. 

Would they who God's laws criticise 

Make man more free than the All- wise? 

Would they not have man, made of dust, 

Ohey the "Holy One" and Just? 

Besides the tree there^ had to he^ 

Eden was the epitome 

Of nature's laws, which bless or curse, 

That govern all the universe. 

Containing in themselves the germ 

Of life, of viper, man, or worm. 

For there exists in all these laws, 

For ev'ry opposite, a cause. 

For if Jehovah makes the light, 

He makes its negative, the night. 



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And if a rose a bush adorn, 

Beside it grows the inercing thorn ! 

The tree which gives undying breath, 

Hath next it that of sin and death I 

Yet all Grod's works, free from sin's arts, 

Must harmonize in all their parts. 

Man's death then came, not from some flaw, 

But hij a universal law 

Of opposiTES, which made "the tree" 

In Eden a necessity ! 

The evil fruit which it had grown, 

Not disobedience alone, 

Worked death. If angel had not said 

That Adam should be stricken dead 

"The day" the evil fruit he tried. 

From EATiXG it he would have died, 

If from "the Tree of Life" debarred. 

For by its "way" God placed a "guard," — 



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E^en when on him his curse was poured^ — 

"A cherubim and flaming sword," 

^'' Lest he should take^^ and " ever live^ 

These fkuits were^ therefore^ negative ! 

And hence the angel's stern behest 

Was both a warning and a test. 

" But why was not an angel sent 

To guard the other, and j^revent 

Man's eating of the evil tree ? " 

Simply because one could not be. 

Whilst man was free from sin and curse, 

God had no power to coerce. 

Than man's revolt, should God do worse, 

Destroy his moral universe? 

His Kingdom^ s keystone, he had loosed, 

If such coercion he had used, 

^'But with his death, who had ^no guile/ 

This principle how reconcile?" 



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These points, and others they embrace, 

Shall be reviewed in proper j)lace. 

A moral being could not be, 

Except God govern morally! 

Rebellious ones, the Holy God, 

Will "rule with sword" and "iron rod!'* 

'Tis granted motive governed, still 

He had an independent vtill. 

To turn aside go either way, 

Rebel in sin, or God obey. 

"If 'motive'' thus the man controlled 

Why was he then condemned? Why hold 

Him still responsible since he 

Made not himself^ motive^ nor treeV 

The man was self-condemned in sin ! 

And God, "the tree of Life" hemmed in, 

Lest he in rebel acts engage 

Throughout the everlasting age. 



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JN'either did God the motive make, 

T^OR germ of fruit man chose to take ! 

For ere He formed a speck of mist, 

Their principle did pre-exist! 

What was the ''motived What the 'fruit f 

To he a God ! Himself to suit ! 

He God's authority disowned, 

And PRIDE and hate became enthroned. 

The "fruit" so fair, so sweet to taste, 

Was but that principle incased. 

For things the most minute, the small^ 

The stupendously great, do all 

Contain a principle ; if not, 

Then nothimg is, that is begot ; 

For that which is begotten, doth 

But represent its parent's growth. 

Hence, in some form, they all exist. 

If one were wanting from the list. 



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There then would be a naked soul, 

God's works were not a perfect whole. 

^^What is a principle?" It is 

A fact with God, or law of His, 

Mental^ morale or j)hysical, 

Eternal, or immutable. 

"What is a fact?" A fact is that 

Which came to pass, or truth which at 

The first was truth. " What is a lawf 

'Twere vain an inference to draw. 

We know it, but hy its result 

For us, too subtle, and occult. 

These truths and laws^ which curse or bless, 

Known but by God, are numberless, 

Acting alone, or all combined. 

Controlling life, matter, and mind. 

In nature's calm, or nature's storm, 

What principle is not in form ? 



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"Did then the one of evil take 
The form of cunning, hissing snake ? 
Did God the serpent thus create 
From PRINCIPLE of deadly hate ? 
Is there embodied in the dove 
The PRINCIPLE oi gentle love^^^ 
]N"either is true. They but contain 
Of these two opposites, a grain! 
And in things gross, and things refined 
Are many elements combined. 
"What is the form they underwent. 
And where is their emhodiment'^^^ 
The PRINCIPLE of "deadly hate," 
In Adam's seed, IS INCARNATE ! 
And in the earth, or heavens above, 
Must he embodied that of love! 
We yet shall see Grod gave it birth, 
Which "dwelt in flesh" upon the earth! 



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Before man sinned, he knew the good. 
When he rebelled, he understood 
The PRINCIPLE of HATE, and sin, 
Which from its tree he grafted in! 
With "leaves of figs," the man and wife 
Then tried to hide their poisoned life. 
The angel's "voice" made them "afraid." 
They sought the deepest^ darkest shade 
LiJce hlacJc^ envenomed snakes^ to ^'hide;^^ 
By holiness, would not he eyed! 
Thus man was guilty, guilty "held," 
When he in pride and hate rebelled. 
How quickly did the poison work! 
How soon the ^^ serpent ^^ showed its lurk 
Within the hearts, that just before 
Each other loved, did God adore! 
To try more art, no '^ serpent ^^ wilt. 
He sought on God to throw the guilt, 



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And on his wife, and she herself 

Upon the fair, bedeviled elf 

Which round the "evil tree" entwined; 

Which did not deign excuse to find. 

"What was this thing, so subtle, vile, 

Which did so cunningly beguile?^' 

The pkinciple all serpentine, 

Which doth all laws of hate combine ! 

Of love's NEGATION, His the sum! 

The serpent was its medium ! 

Though all the works of the Most High 

He made by laws, He rules them by. 

The rolling world, the falling leaf, — 

Yet of them all, love is the chief. 

But there exists the law of hate, 

To LAW of LOVE subordinate. 

Though in direct antagonism; 

Tending to strife^ disorder^ schism. 



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The one, attracting to its source ; 

The other, a repellant force; 

And POSITIVE and negative 

Infuse their life^ and poiver give. 

Hence, though all sin God doth ahhor, 

Its acting law doth not ignore. 

'T is made a servant by the G-reat, 

All-wise, Almighty Potentate. 

As endless ages run their course, 

Each laiv acts with amazing force, 

Outliving elemental strife, 

Hence^ has its oion specific life. 

And, having life, is life and soul 

To that which yields to its control. 

The LAW of HATE would LOVE im])each ; 

Hence, ivhen it gave the serpent speech^ 

Uprearing its audacious head. 

It NEGATIVED what God had said ! 



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And with its pestilential breath, 

Which promised life, it breathed out death ! 

Nor should these wonders now surprise — 

It greater doth before our eyes! 

Through all the land, o'er all the world, 

Its slimy, forked tongues are curled ! 

All hissing out its ancient lie 

(As a neio truth), man '^ shall not die,'''' 

In colors bright, glowing, and warm ; 

And then, as ^roof wonders perform! 

And, prompted by this law of hate, 

Things wonderful communicate ! 

And matter tending to its source, 

Is raised by the repellant force, 

Which NEGATIVES attraction's laws: 

It was the living, acting cause 

Which even placed Zerubbabel 

Upon the Temple's pinnacle ! 



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^'Then as a force doth it not tow'r 
Equal to love in mighty pow'r?" 
Love, ^'guileless," ''holy," ''without fault," 
Unharmed, withstood its dread assault! 
Then shall not all roll high aboye 

P^ANS OF PRAISE TO HoLY LoVE ! 

"But doth this dreadful law of hate 

TJnto a God approximate?" 

No, God controls it, holds it mute, 

With but a single attribute. 

"Doth God this element require?" 

He uses it as is used fire. 

Or the repellant force of steam. 

"But doth not this God's name blaspheme? 

And is it not of 'sin to boast?* 

And 'sin against the Holy Ghost,' 

Which would God's holiness impeach ? " 

Neither ; for so the Scriptures teach. 



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'Tis not "a sin which never hath 

Forgiveness;" for all hate, and "wrath," 

Is made to serve the God who reigns, 

''And the remainder He restrains." 

" What is this horrid law of hate, 

And how did it originate? " 

Ere since earth bore its first foot-prints, 

This LAvr has ruled as reigning "prince" 

With a DESIGNING force, and hence 

Possessing great intelligence ! 

Earth's history doth demonstrate 

That there exists a law of hate. 

A ^'law^^ must be a living thing. 

From nothing, there doth nothing spring. 

And '^law^^ loere hut an abstract term, 

Excej^ting it contained a germ. 

Hence, ere a being God had made. 

The LAW OF HATE hut DORMANT laid! 



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As " NEGATIVE '^ it could BUT BE ! 

And was so from eternity I 

Like sleeping giant to arise 

When God a world sTiould organize ! 

Of ev'ry life which earth can give, 

Man is the representative. 

He is himself a little world 

Within which ev'ry law is twirled, 

For in his being, there is blent 

The germ of ev^ry element. 

If man pour fire within himself 

It makes many a vipered elf 

He sees them, hears them, feels their sting, 

Nor is this all imagining. 

The elemental tvar within, 

Evolve these sprites of hate, and sin. 

All of the earth (exce23ting three) 

Received from it vitality. 



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And one v^di^ pure, free from defect, 

An esse:sce from God's Intellect. 

Hence, from the earth, there did not spring 

The ^'King of Terrors,'' but its King! 

When '^ darkness' s" night "covered the earth '* 

Its NEGATIVE leaped into birth. 

Jehovah said, ^'' Let there he light V 

And backward rolled eternal night. 

The thought doth even yet amaze, 

For the whole earth was iora;pped in blaze! 

In distant worlds was doubtless seen 

The hurning of the magazine! 

There yet remains its remnant flash, 

And echo of the awful crash! 

When light burst forth, (the flames among,) 

The "germ" of "hate" from '^darkness''' 

From WARRING elements dissolved, [sprung. 

The hissing principle evolved! 



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Like migTity giants roused in rage 

From slumbers of an untold age, 

Hack "law" in wild confusion crashed, 

As heavenward the fire-waves lashed ! 

Hissing in '^hate,'' with outward course 

Burst forth the mad, ''repella>-t'' force. 

For from this caldrox was distilled 

The '-spirit with all evil filled!'' 

When in this ^^lake of fire" careened^ [fiexd! 

The earth brought forth the ••hell-fire" 

Thus forked'tongued '^ Old Serpent'' carae^ 

From serpentine, dindi forked fame ! 

And hence developed " law of hate^^ 

Doth not to God approximate. 

For it is but a local thine, 

And doth from active causes spring; 

And God will active cause employ 

This fiend to utterly destroy ! 



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As it arose from *' lake of Jire,'^ 

Til burning ^^lake' it shall expire! 

But from 2^ fiery ocean rolled, 

With trembling now thy foe behold ! 

As ^^ principle all serpentined,'^ 

Its folds are coiled in all mankind! 

As ^^ Prince, and power of the air'' 

Its subjects ruleth etry-ich^re! 

As ^^ Prince of darkness,'" ''of the world,'' 

It hath its flag of death unfurled ! 

But as its '•' God," the Word avers, 

It hath its many worshipers ! 

The air, and earth, it diOlh. pervade ! 

Its coils around thy heart are laid! 

And know in regions hot doth live 

Each deadly representative ! 

Then let the zephyrs from above 

Fan thy hot heaet with gextle lo^t:. 



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When this dread fiend, (whicli doth blaspheme 

In claiming that it reigns supreme), 

For "Moses' body," "Michael" "fought," 

Though then the great archangel brought 

Of " railing accusations" none. 

Said, " God rebuke thee ! " Evil One ! 

To bring such charge, 7ie did not dare 

Against ''the Prince, and jpoioW of air!^^ 

Then hie thee to the only Source 

That saves from this terrific force I 

For this it was, " so subtle, vile," 

"Which did so cunningly beguile!" 

" But why did God not strike it dumb ? " 

The time for this, had not yet come. 

This should be done by mighty " Gods^^^ 

Uprising from the earthen clods! 

For as from them it had its birth. 

Its MASTERS should arise from earth ! 



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Till tJien^ it had a right to reign, 

For it was ^^ Prince ^^ of the domain ! 

And he7ice to earth's most Mighty Son, 

These "kingdoms," by the "Evil one," 

In grandeur great, "glory" sublime! 

Were ''shown in hut a momenfs time /" 

Who said, "To thee I give them all 

If' only worshiping thou fall ;^^ 

Thou shalt a " God" rule over them, 

And thou shalt wear the diadem. 

No holy one on earth should live ! 

He sooner would his kingdom give ! 

Hence, stealthily he did approach 

The holy ones, first to encroach ! 

Thus this beguiling spirit came. 

With motive in each case the same! 

He said to them they "should be Gods," 

But they returned beneath the sods ! 



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"But did this hell-born element 

God's plans then thwart or circumvent f^ 

^Tis hut a pJiosj^horescent light! 

For jarring laws caused to ignite 

This match of "Lucifer," which lit 

Dims not the Light thaVs infinite I 

As water fills the ocean's bed, 

As light throughout all space is shed, 

Forth streaming from unnumbered suns! 

So, through eternal ages runs 

The mind of Grod! From His eyelid 

Nor time^ nor sj>ace, hath atom hid ! 

Can God, thus infinite, all-wise, 

Be thwarted^ taken by surprise? 

All that shall he^ His eye hath seen, 

Though endless ages intervene! 

Can devil of an atom globe 

Omnipotence itself disrobe ? 



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If one come forth in hate^ and rage 
From ev'ry world in "molten" stage, 
Should they combine, and all unite, 
Could they oppose Resistless Might? 
Their very hatred shall fulfill 
The edicts of Almighty will! 
"If God thus knows all that shall he, 
Then in what sense ivas Adam free V 
If all shall he^ which God foreknows, 
Then how could God himself oppose 9 
For if his knowledge infinite, 
Hath fated man, he's bound by it! 
Motives of rights alone can bind 
The Infinite, Eternal Mind ! 
"Would they who God's laws criticise 
Make man more free than the All- wise?" 
"A moral being could not be 
Except God govern morally /" 



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Had man hy force been acted on, 

He were a mere automaton. 

And God ordained that man should live. 

If he should his alleg'ance give. 

And God ordained that man should die, 

Should he His righteous law defy. 

Man disobeyed, returned to dust, 

Because he was ^^ enticed through lust.^^ 

*' Could such a thing find place in him? 

Was he not pure as seraphim?" 

The time had come when he must choose 

Between two motives — one refuse! 

As evil, virtue ever tries, 

Could it have been, then, otherwise ? 

For hy the very laws of mind, 

Motives aloxe control and bind 

The intellects of great and small — 

Yea, even His who made them all ! 



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Should beings then on God' s footstool 
Be an exception to the kule ? 
"But was he not, hj fate or chance, 
Controlled, di\i^ forced hy circumstance ^^^ 
It had no pow'r of governing. 
'^ Motives '^ from " circumstances'' ' spring : 
In CHOOSING THEM, he was as free 

As EVEN IS THE DeITY ! 

Doubtless his will was exercised 
Precisely as 'twas organized. 
Impelled, though, to no given course, 
Being an independent /orc^ .' 
"Did not some faculty impel 
The will, which led him to rebel?" 
Then was there error in God''s plan 
By which He constituted man ? 
A perfect man should God create, 
No faculty would dominate, 



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But each its proper function fill, 

And all he subject to the will! 

Jehovah thus formed man^ or He 

Made only a monstrosity ! 

Like balances that nicely play, 

His faculties could each thought weigh; 

In testing ^' motives,^ ^ could not fail, 

If will did not get in the scale ! 

Man, therefore, willfully rebelled! 

Hence, guilty was — was guilty held! 

" But if God knew man would rebel, 

Enticed by subtle fiend of Hell; 

That hate on earth should reign supreme ; 

The myriads who should blas]Dheme; 

The tears of agony; the blood 

That all the plains of earth should flood ; 

All the unutterable woe 

Which, from the fall of man, should flow- 



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If He a God of love doth reign, 

why did He all this ordain? 

For God foresaw and knew all this." 

AYE, ALSO THE IMMORTAL BLISS, 

LIKE SPACE'S DOMAIN, THAT HATH 
NO BOUND, 

OF MIGHTY GODS WITH GLORY 
CROWNED ! 

THE SONGS OF PRAISE, LOVE'S IN- 
CENSE-FLAME! 

THE UNTOLD GLORY OF HIS NAME! 

WHEN ALL THE HOSTS OF HATE 
SHOULD YIELD! [TLE-FIELD! 

ALL VANQUISHED FROM THIS BAT- 

Hence, these brief traveling pains of earth ! 

These pangs of an immortal birth! 

For Jie'er shall swaddling-clothes of woe 

Infold this life in embryo ! 



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"God breathed in man the breath oi lives ;^^ 

But who from Adam now derives 

That vital, pure affinity 

He had with God^s divinity ? 

For but one life he doth transmit! 

Th' other life, who doth inherit '^ 

For "upright" man loas ^^made;^^ hence he 

Possessed a pure vitality, 

Which even unto God allied! 

But noiv his heart is filled with pride ! 

But then ''^ with purest love iv as filled, 

Like dew in flowWs, heaven-distilled! 

Fragrant as flow'' rs on which he trod. 

His wedded love, and love of God!" 

J^oiv, in man's heart, "hate" doth abound! 

Where can an "upeight" man he founds 

Some lif'e hath fled! And since its loss, 

There but remains the earthly dross ! 



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^^Man shall not live hy bread alone!" 

The OTHER LIFE, where hath it flown ? 

" But what is life ? Existence ?' ' ISTo. 

The rocJcs exist, the meltiyig snow! 

"Is life then conscious being ^^^ ]N"o. 

The trees have life, the plants that grow ! 

^'Then is not life a state of bliss "^'^ 

Devils have life ! But have they this ? 

All principles in form exist; 

Not one is wanting from the list; 

And constant streams of life swpply 

Until the form itself doth die. 

Thus LIFE in kind is manifold, 

And each is cast in its own mold! [WARM 

HENCE LIFE IS SUBTLE CURRENTS 

OF VITAL PRINCIPLE IN FORM; 

OR CURRENTS OF VITALITY 

IN KINDRED SYSTEM FLOWING FREE ! 
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CURRENTS OF SAP, BLOOD, OR SPIRIT 

Which each absorbs, or cloth ixher't ! 
Girdle the oak that towers high, 

Its Sajp-JloiV Stop^ THE OAK WILL DIE ! 

Stagnate the heart, its flowing stream, 

AlS^D LIFE WILL FADE LIKE SUNSET BEAM ! 

Sj^irit withdraio, then by the schism, 

Is ONLY LEFT THE ORGANISM 

That it inspirited, and hence 

There is no spirit-life from thence! 

Unless by evil spirit filled, 

Spirit of "hate" DOUBLE-distilled ! 

God said, should man His law defy, 

That he "that day" ^^ should surely die^ 

Hundreds of years, tlien sped their course ! 

Yet Adam lived ! Had vital force ! 

Had God the sword of vengeance dulled ? 

Wi^ penalty had He annulled, 



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Allowing still the rebel breath ? 

The "v^^aJjTy'' jpronounced^ was death! 

Adam lost LIFE "the day" he ate! 

For all these facts well demonstrate 

" jN'phsh" and "dust" were not the whole 

Which made of man "a limng soul!^^ 

Still, Death was drawing round its mesh! 

His REMNANT life was one of flesh ! 

There was no spirit-^'' current ^^ flood ! 

His all of "life" was in the "blood!" 

^^ Flesh doth not prof t, 'tis alone 

By SPIRIT quickened;" THIS had flown! 

For God His Spirit had withdrawn! 

And hence, the '-^spirit-life''' was gone I 

From him, this quickening life had fled ! 

" The day" he sinned, in him ivas dead! 

Hence AFTER Adam thus had died, 

To ''life'' ivhich ''unto God allied;' 



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Then said the Holy One and Just, 
But " dust thou art, and unto dust 
Shalt thou return." All that remained 
Was life^ hy coursing blood sustained! 
Theee was no "spieit-life," ^'its loss 
Thus only left the earthly dross!" 
"Girdle the oak that towers high, 

Its sap-flow Stop^ THE OAK WILL DIE I" 

But lifeless trunk and limbs remain! 

To earth its sap returns again ! 

Stagnate the hearty — its flowing stream^ 

And life will fade like sunset beam ! 

A lifeless clod remains! Then must 

Its "blood" of "life," return to dust! 

Hence " when man dies, that very day 

His thoughts all perish ;" die away! 

All under penalty of sin, 

" Shall be as though they had not been ! " 



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" Is not man^s life a current warm, 

Of vital ^principle in form, 

Or current of vitality 

Throughout his system flowing free ? 

Man's vital ]principle canH die!^^ 

JNFOR THAT OF OAK THAT TOWERS 

They shall exist inscrutable, [HIGH ! ! 

Eternal, and immutable. 

" But with this vital entity, 

Shall msm retain identity "^^^ 

With the destruction of the fokm 

In which had flowed the currents warm, 

The PRINCIPLE which it evolved 

Is TO ITS FORMER STATE RESOLVED ! 

Then, has no conscious life, and man 
As SEED OF Adam, never can! 
He lost the "spirit-life," hence it 
Could not through j^arentage transmit! 



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The life that spaxs eteexity, 

COMES NOT FROM MAN'S PATERNITY! 

For God declares in His own name, 

That "bread of life" ''from Heaven came,^^ 

(A luscious fruit, Faith's culling knife 

May sickle from the Tree of Life,) 

That man, ''except he eat^^ that "hread,^^ 

Then "hath no life'' in him! Is ''dead!" 

He hath no "spirit-current" flood, 

His all of life is " in the blood ! " 

His "blood of life" in "dust" kid low, 

" When he is dead doth nothing know!" 

Yet shall a germ of life arise 

In him who eats! He never dies 

If WHAT he eats he doth disceen ! 

From path of life shall never turn! 

His life shall be an endless term ! 

The "bread of life" contains the "germ!" 



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And when implanted, it is thus 

For endless life, the nucleus! 

And forms a "new" and living "heart," 

Which pulsates ^mfe^^ to ev^ry part! 

And through ^^ his principle inform^^ 

Flow "living SPIRIT-CURRENTS warm! " 

Which give cohesion to the whole, 

CREATINGr AN IMMORTAL SOUl! 

Imparting life that never dies ! 

As MAGNET STEEL DOTH MAGNETIZE ! 

A7id thus within this "form" implant 
"ETERNAL LIFE" LIKE ADAMANT ! 
"But did they not through Adam roll, 
^Creating an immortal soul?"' 
The fruit man ate, with poison rife. 
Destroyed the growing germ of life ! 
Poisoned by "HATE" it could not live! 
Of "Tree of life" the "NEGATIVE! " 



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Hence, man lost life through deadly hate ! 

Of ''Tree of Life'' he never ate! 

"But then God's Spirit is in all, 

In man, and things minutely small, 

'He sends it forth, and they are made,' 

Is 'germ of life' with them inlaid?" 

They have no " 5p^r?*?^-currents warm" 

Fast flowing "through a kindred form! '^ 

To death's oblivion tJiey haste! 

Of "Tree of Life" they never taste! 

"When doth this endless life leginV^ 

When "germ of life" is grafted in! 

When man is willing to be fed 

With this divine, life-giving bread! 

When he will hear what God doth say^ 

And will his mandates then obey, 

With ceaseless continuity! 

FOR THERE IS NO VACUITY! 



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"Children of disobedience" 
Are filled with ''''evil spirit ^ Hence^ 
When man no longer "hate" distills, 
The VACUUM, God's Sprit fills! 
The ^'' Si^ir it-cur rents fiowing warm^^ 

GUSHING- INTO THE KINDEED FORM! 

When "hate" doth cease its warring-strife, 
COMMENCES THIS ETERNAL LIFE. 
"Whence comes''^ the "wind," none "know " who 

"hear"'t, 
"And so is he that's BORN OF SPIR'T ! " 
Then ^^ grieve It not!^^ To hate ne'er yield! 
For "by" this "SPIRIT" life is 

"sealed!" 
"Can man from life's high summit fall?" 
"Beguiling-spirit" may enthrall. 
For he shall live who tastes "Life's Tree," 
"Who eats thereof unworthily ^'^ 



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Until in '^ Lake of fir e^^ he dies! 

It hath such pow'r to vitalize! ' 

"i/^ WHAT he eats he doth discern^ 

From path of life shall never tiirnl" 

If man to sin shall turn unshamed, 

''His righteousness shall not be named," 

If "from his righteousness, then he 

Shall bear his own iniquity." 

"If branch abide not in the Vine^^^ 

Round ''Tree of Life^^ shall never twine! 

If round hate's tree its tendrils turn. 

With tree of hate in fire shall hum! 

At "marriage feast" invited "guest" 

If not in ''toedding garment " drest, 

" Servants shall seize ! " and when " bound fast" 

"Shall be in outer darkness cast!" 

For they this prison-house shall fill, 

" Who Jcnoio'ng^''^ " do not their Master's will ! " 



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If man ^^ unworthily doth eat," 

*^ Eats to his soul damnation meet! " 

For "he is damned who" then doth '^ doubt I ^^ 

" From Book of Life'' is " blotted out ! " 

"if Gospel word will not obey^'^ 

He then ^^ shall be a castaway !'^ 

*' Cast where ?" Into Gehenna's ^^fire^" 

"Prepared for Devil," and th' "liar!" 

" When doth this punishment commence ? " 

When death shall bear the spirit hence 

In this Gehenna it shall dwell ! 

" In torment lift its eyes in hell ! " 

In burning flame when " cast alive " 

It then would ''warn" its " brethren j^^^ " 

Who ''Moses hath," yet doth "not hear"— 

Who "hears" hwi stops the list'ning "ear" — 

Who only "seeks" "to enter in," — 

Who "strives" then yields to hate, and sin, — 



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Who " wrestling'^ with his " mighV doth " strive; " 

'' Lest THEY ALSO " BE " CAST ALIVE ! " 

All '^ evil'doers^^ at the last 

Are " into outer darkness cast ! " 

'^Darkness ! wliere lake of burning rocks ! 

What truth explains ihi^ ])aradox ? " 

" The righteous'^'' here, have " recompense :^^ 

''Much MORE the wicked sinners,'^ hence 

This "outer darkness" is beneath! 

This " lake of fire ^'' ''and gnashing teeth! " 

" Children of this^'' to some cursed world, 

With "God of this;' will not be hurled! 

*' A lake of fire prepared for^' them^ 

Shall nioan their final requiem! 

" In this unutterable zvoe, 

Doth God of Love hsive p)leasure'^'' Wo ! 

INTor in the " agony and blood 

That all the plains of earth shall flood ! " 



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^^ For as He lives,^^ God saith "iT^ hath 

No pleasure m" consuming lorath! 

" Nor in the death of him who dithl " 

" Wisdom doth 'plead aloud! and crithV^ 

And many "messengers" hath sent, 

" Commanding all men to repent V^ 

That they '-^make haste / " ' 'Flee for their lives ! ' ' 

And the Eternal Spirit '^ strives I ^^ 

This ''bread of life'' to all is 'freer 

No "cherubim" can "guard'' this tree! 

If man heed not the voice of love, 

Revile not Holy One above, 

If Satan let his servants ''eat," 

Then lacking "faith," "sift" them "as wheat!" 

"In this unutterable woe, 

Doth Satan then have pleasure ? " No. 

Since earth in "lake of fire careened," 

There has been none for this dread fiend. 



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And none to Mm will ever come, 
Who is of HATE the ESSENCE ! SUM ! 
"Why doth he try o'er all to reign?" 
He would Ms kingdom here maintain I 
Of j)leasure, having not a thrill, 
Would rule all by his fiendish will, 
That like Mmself] all serpentine. 
They might all laws of hate comUne ! 
Be in direct ANTAGOA^ISM 
To all but hate^ disorder, schism! 
Would God Himself inoculate 
With poisoned virus of his hate!!! 
This awful thing he once essayed ! 
To try e'en this, was not afraid ! 
Then from a fiery ocean rolled, 
With trembling now thy foe behold ! 
The air and earth he doth pervade ! 
His coils around thy heart are laid ! 



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Then hie thee to the only Source 
That saves from this terriJiG force ! 
*' If man lost life through hate and sin, 
* Which from its tree he grafted in,' 
If all must die that ^ deadly hate ' 
Shall only once Hnoculate^ 
If all of ^hate^^ and 'death^ doth come 
From him who is its ^essence, sum,^ 
Why not his ^virus^ kill himself 9^^ 
Why doth it not a snake or elfl 
Although with hate and poison rife, 
It is his SPIKIT ! SOUL ! and life ! 
"If, 'since earth bore its first footprints, 
This fiend has ruled as reigning j^rince 
With a designing force^ and hence 
Possessing great intelligence,'' — 
If ' air and earth he doth jpervade, — 
If round all hearts his coils are laid,' — 



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If 'life is SUBTLE CURRET^TS Warm 

Of VITAL PRiiS^ciPLE in fovm, 

Or currents of vitality 

In kindred system flowing free, 

Currents of 5ap, hlood^ or s]}irit 

Which each absorbs, or doth inherH,^ — 

If all of ^hate^ and ' death ^ doth come 

From one who is its 'essence, sum,'' — 

If 'principles inform exist, 

If none are wanting from the list/ 

What is the form hate underwent? 

And what is its embodiment ^ ^^ 

This fiend doth live, ''rule evWy-where,^'' 

" For he is Prince of pow'r of air ! " 

The vital air is hence the "form" 

Whence ^ozo his "subtle currents warm ! ! " 

" But what are they 9 What is the life 

Of this dread fiend of hate and strife, 



81 



OPPOSED to all felicity V 

NEGATIVE ELECTRICITY!!! 

"But hath this fiend almigUy powVs?" 

No. Only as compared with ours ! 

*'If with the ^a^V/ the globe they girth^ 

How can his masters rise from eartJi^^'' 

We yet shall see that ^^ mighty gods 

Uprising from the earthen clods, ^^ 

This "Soul!" this "Prince!" this "God" of 

Shall utterly annihilate ! [Hate ! 

"But must he not forever livCj 

Being of God the negative^'' 

Perchance one in some other world. 

This one shall from the earth be hurled! 

For ^^Satan^' shall "as lightning fall,''^ 

" That God may " here " be all in all ! " 

His ^^sons^^ o'er ^''deatW^ shall "shout with joy !y 

And "/^m who hat¥^ its ^'powW^^ "destroy!" 
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82 



For God to them will delegate 

This POWER to ANNIHILATE ! 

For "as he rose from lake of fire, 
In burning lake he shall exjpire!^^ 
" But how could fire first give the life, 
And then destroy this fiend of strife ? " 
" When in this 4ake of fire' careened, 
The earth brought forth the hell-fire fiend !" 
This JAREiNG CRASH, was thus the source 
Of BESINO US ELECTRIC force !!! 
And "that which is begotten doth 
But represent its parent's groiotJi^'^ — 
Resemhling what doth impregnate. 
And thus it is with fiend of hate I 
Like hell, where born ! to YL^iAj-career ! 
HIS VITAL FORM THE ATMOSPHERE!! 
And Satan shall in death careen^ 
When God shall FIRE this MAGAZINE!!! 



83 



Thus shall he fall as he was horn, 
This ^' Lucifer^ son of the mornV^ 
His ^' vital form^' shall be '^ destroy ed^^^ 
And " spirit" atmosphere enjoyed. 
"With di great noise ^^ these ^'heav'ns,^^ shall roll, 
Aye, ^^j)ass away^^ like flying "scroll!" 
For round the globe the flames shaW flash ! 
And this " great noise! " this awful crash! 
Shall be the FALL of SATAN'S THRONE!! 
His SHRIEK oi rage ! and DYING GROAN!!! 
And God ^^new heavens^'' will "create" 
Where there shall reign no fiend of hate! 
And earth shall then be grand, sublime! 
Hate "shall not rise a second time! " 
"But will this Hell remain below? 
And sjfirits damned V Oh no! Oh no! 
For he who '^ hears what God doth say,^^ 
And then refuses to ^'obey 



84 



With ceaseless continuity," 

Will then with assiduity 

Again the "fiend of hate'' "distill." 

The vacuum will Satan fill ! 

"Garnished and swept'' he "enters in." 

He now is vitalized by sin ! 

And is like " him who doth heget: " — 

Becomes a perfect DEYILET ! 

Those like in nature do not part! 

He sj^eeds to Hell^ the Devil's heart! 

Like SPARK of ELECTRICITY!! 

From this GIGANTIC BATTERY, 

Floio through his form^ JDevil-hegot^ 

HIS SPIEIT-CURRENTS BURNING HOT!!! 

The "flowing" stream that through him sped. 

Doth "stagnate" with ii^ fountain-head ! 

Therefore can not immortalize! 

Hence "DEYILET," with DEYIL dies!!! 



85 



Then ^'•fear not them" of woman born. 

'''Whom ye should fear'' ^ God doth ^'' forewarn V'* 

''Who hath the^ow'r," the mil as well, 

"To cast" rebellious ones "m Hell!^^ 

Their "soul and body to destroy!" 

He will ''consume^^ all ''dross'' alloy! 

" As fat of lambs, they shall consumer^ 

"Destruction'' is their fnal doom! 

" But shall they not to ' Hell ' be sent, 

' To everlasting punishment ? ' 

If not^ their punishment 's barren! ^^ 

But where is 7iow priesthood o' Aaron ? 

"It lasted TILL another age." 

So will their pangs! and Demi's rage! 

When fe7id of hate hath whole control, 

Will he deal gentlg with the soul ? 

Transfixed between " Old Serpent's'^ fangs^ 

Will he regard their writhing pangs ? 



86 



As all their hours with horrors teem, 

Shall not each one eternal seem ? 

Their doom^ and "his who doth deceive," 

Is ])imishment without reprieve ! 

Hence, EVERLASTING in its FRUITS!! 

Their pmishment, God ne'er COMMUTES!!! 

"Engulfed in HelVs insatiate maw, 

Will not the ^worm^ of conscience gnaw? 

In flames 'unquenched^ shall not they lie. 

And ^ where'' this *worm' shall never ''dieV^'^ 

A viper ed ' conscience !■ what is that ? 

Doth he have one who first begat? 

A ^ conscience!^ in difiend^s abode! 

^^ Their worm^^ will be its antipode! 

As Grod they curse, — themselves, — their fate, 

" Their worm^^ will be insatiate hate! 

And as they would God's laws defy. 

Are " CAST where" this " wor7n'' doth not ^'die!'' 



87 



Where serpent-fangs remain unwrenched! 

And "lake of fire" is never '' quenched !^^ 

Black demons now, no longer men, 

Imprisoned in this viper' d den, 

"Would G-od himself inoculate 

With POISONED VIRUS of" their "Hate!!!" 

Rei^e shall they writhe in hate and rage, 

Until doth dawn another age! 

Then for ^^a thousand years, ^^ or more, 

Ere o'er this ''lake" they reach its shore!! 

Then shall THIS "HELL DELIVER TIP," 

That they may drink another cup 

Of torments, for unnumbered years, 

For then the "HELL- FIRE" AGE ap- 

pears ! 1 ! 
There shall th.ejfall with " Satan''s throne !^^ 
And be "devoured" in that Ion!* 

* Age. 



88 



Then shall they meet ihe'ir final doom, 

When soul, and form shall both consume! 

And when this fearful doom they reach, 

Are ^'broken'' thus with "double breach!'^ 

"Is then the doom of wicked men, [then^^^ 

Three deaths, — through Adam, — here^ — and 

When Adam lost the ''spirit'^ -breath, 

Man died! "This is the SECOND DEATH !'^ 

Thus shall iheir pangs, their hate, and rage^ 

Last till the everlasting age! I 

Shall last until "Third Heav'n" appears! 

The glory of eternal years! 

"But shall not all who will rebel, 

Have resurrection^^'' Yes, erom Hell! 

^^Hell shall its dead deliver upT 

''Dead! when they drink a fiery cup?" 

Were they to live an endless term, 

They were not ''dead,^^ have living germ. 



89 



Hath not the voice of Wisdom said, 

But "let the dead bury their dead?" 

^'All in THE graves, the voice shall hear!^^ 

But "holy ones" shall first appear. 

Then all the others it shall raise, 

When all Hell for i\iQ first obeys I 

From two vast "graves" thus shall ''they riseT 

"BOTTOMLESS PIT!" and "PARADISE!" 

"But shall not all who thus have died, 

Be 'raised^ with ^^o^Zi^s vivified?"' 

JV^one ''counted worthy to attain^ ^ 

THAT "resurrection'^ "die''' again! 

"Then have they two, who holy die9'^ 

In one ! "the twinJcling of an eye! " 

" But where are those mowed down by Death, 

Who have no 'form'' and ' sj^irit-lreathV'' 

NOWHERE ! T!ieir sum of life is told! 

In an eternal death shall mold! 



90 



"With the destruction of i\iQform 

Through which had flowed the currents warm, 

The PRINCIPLE which it evolved, 

Is to \i^ former state resolved ! " 

''The voice tJiey in THE graves shall /^^ar," 

Will not vibrate on deadened ear! [shake," 

"The voice" which "heav'n, and earth, shall 

These "perished" ones, will ne'er awake! 

"Their memory shall be forgot," 

Who whilst they lived that "voice" heard not! 

A ^'crowd^^ may ^^press^^ "Life's Tree" about, 

And healing ^^ virtue^ ^ go Twt '^out^ 

And yet it goeth "out" to such 

As but a single leaflet "touch!" 

"For he shall live who tastes Life's Tree, 

Who eats thereof unworthily, 

Until in Lake of fire he dies! 

It hath such^ow'r to vitalize !^^ 



91 



If FAITH he CEASES to distill 

"The vacuum will Satan fill!" 

"Yet shall a germ of Life arise 

In him who eats. He never dies 

If WHAT he eats he doth discern, 

IpYompath of life shall never turn!'' [death, 

'' Whence grows this ^Tree' whose ^ touch' is 

On which to 'feed,' undying breath, 

Whose fruit is 'bread of heav'nly' hirthV 

Its tow'ring form shadows the earth! 

The CONDUIT to the earthen clod, 

Of life that streams from Throne of God! 

And links beyond the stars unseen, 

WITH GOD'S ELECTRIC MAGAZINE ! 

Whilst meek ones giving life and joy, 

Its thunderbolts the j^roud destroy ! 

Ere God supplied this ''living bread," 

O'er earth the pall of death was spread ! 



92 



Hate's vampire-fiend, with aspen-breath, 
O'er earth spread forth his wings of death! 
' Twixt man and death, naught intervened. 
But black despair! Despair's black fiend! 
Then reigned supreme, Death and despair! 
Despair's black fiend. Prince of the air! 
"Life's Tree" shall live immortally! 
AN ESSEJS^CE OF THE DEITY! 
When man all other fruit " forsakes," 
Of its " Divinity partakes ! " 
Which doth within his "form" irriplant, 
"ETERNAL LIFE " like adamant!! 
To ''life of flesh,'' as HIGHm xwrth, 
"As" Grod "is HIGH above the earth!!!'' 



Here shall they writhe in hate, and rage 

Until doth dawn another age! 18 

Then for "a thousand years" or more, 

Ere o'er this "Lake" they reach its shore! 

Then shall this ''Hell deliver up" 

That they may drink another cup 

Of " torments " for unnumbered years I 

For then the "HELL-FIEE" AGE appears! 28 

There shall they fall with Satan's throne 

And be ''devoured" in that Ion!* 

[See p. 87.] 



Thus shall their pangs, their hate and rage 
Last, till the "everlasting" "age!" 
Shall last until "third heaven" appears ' 



1869 £ ^ 



88 i^g 





The glory of 


[See p. 88.] 




* Age. 






95 



"THE LORD JESUS SHALL BE RE- 
VEALED FROM HEAVEN WITH HIS 
MIGHTY ANGELS IN FLAMING FIRE." 

"For the Lord himself shall descend from 
heaven with a shout, with the voice of the arch- 
angel, and with the TRUMP of God." "And 
the SEVENTH ANGEL sounded; and there 
were great voices in heaven, saying, The King- 
doms of this world ARE BECOME THE 
KINGDOM of our LORD, and of His 
CHRIST!"— 

" That I may open my mouth boldly, to 
make known the MYSTERY OF THE GOS- 
PEL." " Behold, I show you a MYSTERY ; 
we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be 
changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an 
eye, at the LAST TRUMP." 



96 



With my hand lifted up to heaven, I swear 
by Him that liveth for-ever and 
ever, who created heaven and the 
things that therein are, and the / ^"t go thou thy 

' way till the END ; 



earth, and the things that therein \ for thou shait rest, 
are, and the sea, and the things )-<J;^-^^^^'3/^«^ 

' ' ^ I at the E N D OF 

which are therein, that there shall \ thf. days. 

he TIME NO LONGER! 1|^=^ 1888. 

but in the davs of the voice of the SEVENTH 

*/ 

ANGEL, when he shall BEGIN to sound, the 
MYSTERY of God shall be finished, AS HE 
HATH DECLARED TO HIS SERVANTS 
THE PROPHETS. 

John Bishop Hall. 



^I>I>ENDIX 



Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb. 15, A. D. 1869. 

One month ago the manuscript of the poetic part of 
the Little Book was finished. Most of it was written 
during the nights of the two or three months preceding; 
the time during the days of those months having been 
otherwise occupied. Not until the poetic part was fin- 
ished (as it is now electrotyped), had I thought about 
what title to give it. I then asked God ; the same hour it 
was said, " Little Book." And " I call God for a record " 
that I had not till after that read any part of the X. 
Chapter of Revelation for twice twelve years, so far as I 
can remember, and that I was, at the time the name was 
given, ignorant that there was such an expression as Little 
Book in the Scriptures, or if I had known it, that I had 
forgotten it. That evening I borrowed a Testament and 
found it. I had well known that the Spirit of God was 
7 



Z APPENDIX. 

guiding me in all that I wrote ; but I did not know what I 
was writing. I then said, Oh my God, hast thou caused 
me to write the Little Book ? Thou knowest I desire to do 
Thy will, but how can I do this fearful, awful thing? For 
"I am a worm, and no man;" I am unworthy, vile, and 
weak ; if thou hast placed upon me the awful responsibility 
of holding in my hand the Little Book Open, I beseech 
Thee, for the sake of the Holy One, to plainly show me 
this night. The next morning (the 15th of January last), 
a voice, clear and distinct, said to me these words, — Be- 
hold, I set before thee an open door! Within is Life! With- 
out is Death ! I was greatly startled, and at once arose, 
and said, — I thank Thee, O God, that Thou hast an- 
swered my petition. But if I am to hold in my hand the 
Little Book Open, — if Thou hast set before me an open 
door, I beseech Thee make me to understand the meaning 
of the Seven Thunders that were sealed. This was a sub- 
ject in regard to which I think I had never read a word, 
and to which I had given no thought. Without the slight- 
est reading, conversation, or investigation they were shown 
to me that day. The next morning (the 16th of January 
last), I made my petition before my God, and said, — As 
Thou hast set before me an open door, as thou hast shown 
me the meaning of the Seven Thunders that were sealed, I 
beseech Thee cause me to understand the time when the 



APPENDIX. 3 

King shall return. This also was a subject in regard to 
which I had formed no idea, and to which I had given no 
thought for many years. The time, A. D. 1888 (precisely 
as it is electrotyped in the diagram on the title page of the 
Little Book Open), was clearly shown to me that morning. 

The above, and that which follows, is given as AN AP- 
PENDIX, for the reason that I did not intend till last 
night that the present edition of the Little Book should 
contain any thing more than it embraces to, and with the 
ninety -third page ; and also because to that extent all its 
pages are electrotyped. I had no idea of adding any of the 
above matter, or that which follows, for none of it was 
written. I was fully intending, to-morrow, to put the plates 
in the printer's hands, with whom I had already made ar- 
rangements. 

I said, O my God, as Thou dost guide me in all things, 
even to the opening of Thy Scriptures, I beseech Thee, if 
it be Thy will that I should add more to the Little Book, 
that Thou wilt now show me. Rising last night with this 
thought and prayer, I carelessly opened the Scriptures. 
The chapters to which I first opened, were the 8th and 9th 
of Second Esdras. My eyes rested on the last verse of the 
8th chapter. — " Behold, O Lord, now hast thou showed me 
the multitude of the wonders which Thou wilt begin to 
do in the last times, but at what time thou hast not showed 



4 APPENDIX. 

me." I then read to the bottom of the page, — the 16th 
verse, — and said this part of Esdras, at least, was inspired 
by God. Turning the leaf I then read the 11th Chapter, 
and also the 12th to the 37th verse. I call God to wit- 
ness that I had never before last night, read a verse in 
either of the above chapters, so far as I can remember, 
and was therefore until last night ignorant of the contents 
of those chapters : — having always supposed the books of 
Esdras to be apocryphal. The Little Book Open, part 1, 
including title page, and all, was then electrotyped to the 
93d page. That which was uttered by the voice of the 
Lion of the X. Chapter of Revelation was sealed up : — 
but here it was given, as the Lion of Esdras was evidently 
identical with that of Revelation ; clearly proving that my 
interpretation of the Seven Thunders that were sealed, and 
my exposition of the whole of the X. Chapter of Revela- 
tion, (then electrotyped,^ were the truth, and no lie. Fall- 
ing on my face, I said, O, dreadful God, although Thou 
knowest I adore and love Thee with my whole heart and 
soul, yet now do I fear, and tremble before Thee! for in 
very deed Thou art round about me! and Thy hand is 
upon me! 

It has been my intention to add a second part, but un- 
til last night it yvas fully my design that it also should be 
wholly written in verse. 



APPENDIX. O 

In a future edition, the poetic part may contain Scrip- 
tural references, and parallel passages, and possibly some 
other matter now prepared ; and Part 2d may contain 
forty or fifty additional pages which I have already writ- 
ten as a part of this Appendix, — embracing among others, 
the following subjects : — 

FIRST.— A critical exposition of the 32d, 33d, 34th, 
35th, and 36th pages of The Little Book Open, Part 1st, 
— the X. Chapter of Revelation, — the 24th and 25th Chap- 
ters of Matthew, — the 12th Chapter of Luke, — the 11th 
and 12th Chapters of Second Esdras, — and the 3d and 5th 
Chapters of Zechariah : — demonstrating that the said pages, 
and that each of the Chapters specified teach, — 

1st. — That a specifie point of time has been fixed by God, 
at which some great event should occur, and 

2d. — The nature of that event : 

3d. — That just before that event shall occur, that some 
one should appear as a Messenger, and who should BE a 
Messenger appointed by God: 

4th. — That this Messenger should proclaim some Mes- 
sage, which should be from God, and 

5th. — That the Message should be a proclamation that, 
at a specific point of time, " the Lord Jesus shall be revealed 
from heaven," also, 

6th. — What effect it will have on God's people, and on the 



6 APPENDIX. 

wicked ; embracing other things necessarily connected with 
that event, and, 

7th. — The nature of the high Offices to which the High- 
est hath appointed him. 

SECOND. — An Indictment against "It that remainest 
of the four beasts." 

THIRD. — The setting of the Judgment on these beastly- 
powers, and Roman Hierarchy, their sentence and destruc- 
tion. 

FOURTH. — A PROCLAMATION to God's people, and Lao- 
dicean church. 

FIFTH. — A PROCLAMATION to the Jews. 

SIXTH. — A PROCLAMATION to the RULERS, KiNGS and 
POTENTATES of the world, and their people. 

SEVENTH. — A more detailed exposition of the seven 

THUNDERS. 

As many copies of the Scriptures do not contain the 

Books of Esdras, a subsequent edition of the Little Book 

Open will also probably embrace the, — 

XI. and XII. 

Chapters of 

SECOND ESDRAS. 

i^ion.— "HEAR, thou, oh EAGLE, I will TALK with 
thee!'' 



APPENDIX. 7 

Eagle. — I heard thee "roaring" and "sendmg out a 
man's voice unto" the high cliffs where I have built my 
nest ; and, although thou hast the " lion " appearance, yet, 
as thou "talkest" with "man's voice," I will talk with 
thee "after the manner of man;" and I come down to 
demand of thee wherefore thou hast "sent out" to me 
thy " roaring " " voice." 

Lion. — I suppose thou wilt " talk " with me " after the 
manner" of a "malicious" "vulture," — the "Horn" that 
had " eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great 
things," — or "after the manner of" the " 3Ian of Sin; '^ for 
as thy black master "is transfornied into an angel of 
light," thou seemest also to have the power to adapt thy- 
self to circumstances. And along that "path which " thy 
"vulture eye hath 7iot seen,'' the Spirit of the "Highest" 
hath " chased " me " out of the wood " of a howling wil- 
derness as Messenger to thee; for well He knew that had 
He sent a lamb instead, it would have pleased thee but 
too well. And I will therefore answer " the voice of" thy 
" great words ; " the " marvelous things against the God of 
gods" which thou "speakest," whether transforming thy- 
self into "malicious" "vulture," a "Horn," " speaking great 
words against the Most High," or " Man of Sin," exalting 
thyself "above all that is called God, or that is wor- 
shiped." 



8 APPENDIX. 

Eagle. — A lion's skin is a harmless thing, except it have 
beneath it a lion's claws and heart. But, knowing the 
"Highest" hath the highest regard for me, I will listen to 

thy MESSAGE. 

Lion. — I have two messages beside ; one to the few re- 
maining " lambs " whom thou and thy vulture brood have 
had no power to devour, and one to the "scattered flock" 
which was driven from its pasture by thy predecessors many 
long years ago. 'Tis for their sakes, not thine, that I am 
sent. I would that without " roaring " words, a message could 
be given. For then, nor eagle, nor beast, nor man should 
hear me "talk with" them. For "in the multitude of 
words there lacketh not sin," or folly or misconstruction. 
They therefore shall be brief and "fitly spoken." Mes- 
sages and messengers are so identified that from necessity 
the messenger must oftentimes speak of himself, though 
meekly he would screen himself from view behind Xh^ foliage 
of his message. But in all my "talk" and dealing with 
such a " vain," " hurtful," " wicked," " malicious," " horri- 
ble " and " dragon "-inspirited "vulture " as thou art, I shall 
use to the uttermost all the authority and power which the 
" Highest " hath given for this purpose, and for which He 
" hath " " kept " me. Yet I could wish that messages might 
have an individuality of their own, and could attend unto 
their own afiairs, and from the messenger be separate. For 



APPENDIX. y 

then the keenest sense of eagle, beast or man should be un- 
able to discover the latter had a being. For neither have 
an honor to bestow that 's worth the seeking or receiving, 
and neither can impart a good, for all are filled with evil — 
the multitudes of all who fiock around thee. For, like thine 
own, their hearts are filled with folly, vanity, conceit, pride, 
hate, murder, and by the Hydra-headed Dragon are inspir- 
ited, and by thee. And therefore from such contact do I 
shrink, as from the touch of Death. And more than a 
quarter of a century hath passed, when a youth, I spent 
a few moments of my life upon this very spot, and with- 
drew one night unto the summit of the highest peak that 
towers above this undergrowth, and there, communing with 
my heart, and with the Highest, passed the night without 
a covering except the diamond-studded canopy of heaven ; 
even then desiring, if only for a night, to isolate myself 
from the inoculating virus of their poison. For there 
courses in my own life's blood a sufiiciency of the virus of 
the poison, which from the "Tree was grafted in." For — 

The principle of deadly hate 
In every heart is incarnate. 

Eagle. — Yes, in all hearts like thine. But mine is 
purity immaculate. What is thy. Message? 

Lion. — My Message is a triple one. As "Angel" by the 
Highest sent, my Mission is, with "a loud voice," like a 



10 APPENDIX. 

vrild "lion," aroused, enraged, to "roar," to thy amaze- 
ment ; and by my roaring " cry " to warn the flocks of 
comino; dano^er, and of the comino; of the "Kins;" of 
" lions ; " who soon shall come to thy astonishment, and 
to " deliver from thy violence," the flocks : whose roaring 
"shout," — louder than the voice of ten thousand thun- 
ders, — shall shake thee from thy nest ! As " Ruler," aye 
as Judge, (not executive, but judicial) " over His house- 
hold" appointed by my Master, my Mission is, to "give" 
to all, their "meat," — " their portion in due season : " and to 
give thee " meat," which even thy Ostrich belly shall be 
unable to digest ! As " a roaring Lion," from "the wood " 
"chased out;" as "the Anointed which the Highest hath 
kept for" this purpose, my Mission is, to say to thee, O 
"Eagle," — "Hear thou, I will talk with thee, and the 
Highest shall say unto thee, 'Art not thou It that remain- 
est of the four beasts whom I made to reign in my world, 
that the end of their times might come through them ? ' " 
As this " roaring Lion," as this "Anointed," my Mission 
is, in the name of "the Highest," "with all the words 
which" He hath recorded for my mouth, to "reprove," 
"upbraid," "rebuke," and "correct" thee, and all thy 
vipered tribe; and to "set" thee, and "them before" me 
" alive in judgment." This triple mission hath also, a 
three-fold object :— to "feed" the "lambs,"— the "scat- 



APPENDIX. 11 

tered flock," — "rebuke, and chasten," (for what other 
"meat" would be a "portion in due season" to the "La- 
odicean" fold,) " as many as" my Master " loves," and thus 
"with mercy" to "deliver" them from the impending 
wrath :— the setting of the " Judgment " for thy trial, and 
for the trial of all thy vipered-brood ; that judgment may 
be rendered, and sentence passed on thee, and them, that 
all things may be ready for its execution in nineteen 
times ; when the vengeance of Jehovah, swift, and terrible 
shall be meeted out to thee, and them : — and that, by all 
these grand results He may be glorified. 

With such a triple Mission, with such a three-fold ob- 
ject, could ever thought arise of honor, or emolument? 
Could I expect much love from either thee, or them, whilst 
I shall thus "reprove," "upbraid," "correct," "rebuke," 
and "chasten" as with an Iron rod? If either thy love, 
or theirs I sought, — if honor, or emolument, — or if I would 
be lionized by either thee or them, then would I do, as do 
the other messengers. I then would not "with a loud 
voice " " roar " forth my Master's wrath : — but I would 
talk with honied words. I then, should not " correct," — 
"chastise:" — but I would bow, and cringe to thee, and 
them, like fawning sycophant. And therefore let all know, 
that, as the Highest liveth, I seek in fear, but, only in the 
fear of Heaven, — meekly, but, only meeh before Its Ever- 



12 APPENDIX. 

lasting King, — boldly^ but, only hold in the consciousness 
of right, and might ; — the mightiness of truth, and truth's 
Almighty Potentate, — to perform the duties of the kigh 
Offices to which He hath appointed me. 

Eagle. — Thou art a most audacious Lion! And I, — 

Lion. — A moment, Eagle. Now, really, "art not thou 
It, that remainest of the four beasts ? " 

Eagle. — Thou art a most blasphemous Lion! and I 
would tear, — 

Lion. — Thy bloody history doth well establish thy tear- 
ing qualities : — and from the sacred parchment thou 
HAST TORN THESE PASSAGES, for THEY CONVICT 
THEE FULLY of being a most audacious, blasphemous 
Eagle. 

"ART NOT thou It, that remainest?" 

"Art not THOU IT, that remainest?" 

"Art not thou It, that REMAINEST ? '' 

I do not marvel that thy response is only a wild and 
savage scream. Even thy haggish heart doth feel abashed, 
in this connection at being questioned in regard to thy pa- 
ternity. Though always in a most disgusting manner, 
boasting of thy lineage, thou now wouldst fain deny it. 
Thus driven from thy boasted hiding-place, and having 
lost thy " feathers," thou art a wretched sight ! naked be- 
fore high Heaven in all thy hideous deformity ! A vam- 



APPENDIX. 13 



pire of Hell ! besmeared with the clotted blood of victims ! 
loathsome ! shriveled ! vipered ! and bedeviled ! 

Eagle.— I never boasted of my ancient pedigree. 

LioR.—ThoM liest. Although thy throat is vulcanized, 
't is sore from screaming it. 

Eagle. — Knowest thou not, audacious Lion, that I reign 
King of Heaven, and earth? 

Lion.— I know thou claimest, that, " thine is the King- 
dom." But thine is the Devil's Kingdom. 

Eagle. — These are the things of which I boast: — my 
kingly crowns, and royal diadem. 

Lion.—T\\o\x hast none. "The scepter hath departed" 
from thee. Thy " thrones" are all " cast down : "—and in 
their stead, the Throne of " Judgment " now is " set." 

Eagle.— And dost thou sit thereon ? 

Xio/i.— "Ancient of Days" doth sit upon this Judgment 
Throne. He ever hath His ministers ; and. He hath given 
me authority, to "set" thee "before" me "alive in Judg- 
ment." 

Eagle.— Ewi I reign King of Heaven and earth by His 
authority. 

Lion. — Thou art a usurper most blasphemous: for thou 
hast forged His seal, and signature. 

Eagle.— I am the "Vicar of the Highest." 

Lion.—ThoM knowest, in saying this, thou liest ! 



14 APPENDIX. 

Eagle.— My nest is built upon a " rock;" "and the gates 
of Hell shall not prevail against it." 

Lion.—Tnilj not. For " Hell " doth not " against " itself 
" prevail : " — the foundation of thy nest doth rest upon the 
seven hills, and they are " built upon " " the Gates of Hell," 
which soon shall open to receive both them and thee ; and 
then thy grand idea of " unity" will be most fully realized. 

Eagle. — Thou most blasphemous Lion, thou art a thing 
of yesterday : — I wish to hear no more from thee. 

Lion.— But " I will talk with thee." 

Eagle. — Those only have a right to " talk," to " rule," and 
*' judge," who have authority from Heaven, and which doth 
date to great antiquity. 

Lion. — I grant the truth of this. 

Eagle. — I have credentials from the Court of Heaven, 
which empower me to appropriate Its prerogatives, Its at- 
tributes. Its titles. Its authority ; and in Its " Sanctuary " to 
"set up" myself as King of Heaven. 

Lion. — Thy credentials are a forgery: — thy claim to be 
empowered, — a lie, — thou hast indeed with the impious 
blasphemy of thy Master Spirit, arrogated to thyself the 
"prerogatives," "attributes," "titles," and "authority" of 
the Highest ; thou hast " polluted " His " Sanctuary of 
strength " by " setting up " therein thy filthy carcass. 

But thy prerogatives, attributes, titles, authority, and 



APPENDIX. 15 

sanctuary, are only those of the Hydra-headed Dragon, 
who " gave" to thee " his power, his seat, and great author- 
ity : " yet now thou 'rt even shorn of these. 

Eagle. — If thou canst show that thou art authorized by 
Heaven to "rule," and "judge," and, by authority that an- 
tedates my own, then will I grant thou hast the right and 
power, myself and the "remaining" "head," "wings" and 
" feather" to " reprove," " upbraid," " rebuke," " correct ; " 
and to " set " myself, and " them before " thee " alive in 
judgment." 

Lion. — All THY pretended heaven-granted authority doth 
rest upon thQ perversion of A WORD ; thy forgeries, and lies. 

But the "Highest" hath "granted" unto me three sep- 
arate COMMISSIONS, several times written, each one of which 
was written by the "finger of" the "Mighty," in terms 
precise, yet comprehensive, clear, distinct, emphatic ; and 
each doth bear His seal, and signature ; — by His own 
Mighty hand subscribed, and sealed, — and witnessed by 
His ministers ; three of them by His " only Son," and by 
them delivered. 

Eagle. — Thou art a thing of yesterday : mine, is a long 
" succession " reaching to remote antiquity, and even to 
the "rock" on which my nest is built. 

Lion. — Before thy "nest" was formed, were my Com- 
missions written ; aye, centuries before that "blessed rock" 



16 APPENDIX. 

had being, the Highest caused His amanuensis, Esdras, 
to write them out in broadest terms, to whicli He then 
subscribed His Mighty name, and sealed it with His 
Signet ; and it is witnessed by His Minister, and His Eter- 
nal Spirit. And therefore, "out of thine own mouth will 
I judge thee," and by thine own logic prove that verily I 
have been by the "Highest" "kept" to be thy "Ruler," 
and thy "Judge." 

Eagle. — Knowest thou not, O Lion, that I have the 
keys of Hell and of Death ? As King of Heaven and 
earth, will I now "reprove," and "upbraid" thee; I will 
draw up an indictment against thee, and "set thee before 
me alive in judgment." I soar to the highest heaven, and 
therefore have a knowledge of heavenly things. 'T was 
said, "A bone of Him shall not be broken," only because 
no bone was broken in the paschal ofleriug. — "Not one 
jot, or tittle " of prophetic things shall fail. All ancient 
representative-messengers were made to be, in person and 
in the incidents of their lives, typical of great antitypes ; 
and even the very names they bore, were representative 
of their offices, or work ; and every prophetic word to them 
relating, had an exact fulfillment. 

Lion. — All thou hast said of ancient representative-mes- 
sengers, is true; and as the Highest doth not change, must 
ever he, at every age and epoch. 



APPENDIX. 17 

Eagle. — As thou claimest the present, to be an epoch 
of greater significance than any preceding it, if, as thou 
also claimest, thou art indeed the representative-Messen- 
ger for this peculiar era, then each prerequisite, and test 
now specified, must be found most perfectly to exist in thy 
own " person," — " the incidents of " thy " life," — the 
"names" thou "bearest," — and in the exact fulfillment 
of " every prophetic word to them," and thee " relating ; " 
— and as thou hast closely interrogated me, now will I 
severely question thee; and if to all my questions, with 
the fear of Heaven before thee, thou canst answer affirm- 
atively, then will I grant that verily " the Highest hath 
kept" thee, as His "Anointed" Messenger. And as it is 
my prerogative, not only to decide the faith, and destiny 
of all, but to " try " the " secrets of the hearts ; " and as 
these " prerequisites," and " tests " do oft relate to things 
apparently trivial and minute: — even to a "bone:" — a 
seamless " vesture : " and to — I will not say an hoseaic, — a 
jeremiahcal-illustrative marital relation : — or to a 
"dream," (which once led to the "preservation of life," 
and the purchase of " all the land of Egypt ; " which 
typefied the preservation, — by the Antitype, — of an end- 
less life, and the purchase of the world,) some of my ques- 
tions shall also "relate to things" "minute." For if the 
"jots," and "tittles" are "fulfilled" in thee,— " in the 



18 APPENDIX. 

incidents of" thy " life,"— the " names " thou " bearest,"— 
and in " every prophetic word to them," and thee " relat- 
ing," then may I well conclude that, in regard to more 
important points, the necessary correspondence shall not 
be wanting. But first I ask thee to give thy affirmation 
in the presence of the Highest, that each, and every an- 
swer that thou givest, "shall be true to the best of thy 
knowledge, and belief." Dost thou thus affirm? 

lAon. — I do ; as no one can deny that what thou last 
hast said, is true. — Thou hast referred to dreams : — and I 
could speak of some that have been most remarkable. 

Eagle. — Thy dreams be to thyself The questions I de- 
mand that thou shalt answer, do all relate to things, 
which must be facts, — substantial, — unequivocal, — distinct. 
Thou claimest to have, from the Highest, three Commis- 
sions. 

And although I have "eyes like the eyes of man," I 
do not see them resting on Divine authority ; I will there- 
fore " severely question thee " relative to each : — claimed 
by thee, as prophetic, — administrative, — and judicial, — as 
"Angel "-" Lion,"— as " Servant "-" Euler, over His House- 
hold,"— and " Lion "-"Anointed." 

Angel-Lion. — No " eyes of man " were ever able to discern 
either a message, or messenger from "heaven" "sent;" 
"neither ca?i" they, for "they are spiritually discerned." 



APPENDIX. 19 

Neither can I " see " the " divinity " of thy claims, in the 
" marvelous things " which thy blasphemous " mouth " 
doth "speak" "against the God of gods ! " 

Little Horn.— Art thou an "Angel " through " black 
heavens " " sent ? " 

Through heavens "blacker" than "sackcloth of 

hair." 

L. H. — Dost thou the " strength " of the Mighty " im- 
part?" 

To those who will receive it. 

L. H. — Dost thou impart the "wisdom" of the All- wise? 

To those who will be wise. "He hath no pleasure 

in fools : "—and " fools die for want of wisdom." 

L. IT.— Dost thou ''from'' heaven "cast" "a holy light" 
" upon the pages of the Chart ? " 

The last that shall be "cast" upon it ''from 

heaven,'' until a " flaming fire " " shall be revealed from 
heaven," which shall "cast" thee "to the burning flame!" 

L. H. — Do those beholding it exclaim, "But here rolls 
up a brighter light ? " 

Through the thin mists of Time, they behold swiftly 

approackmg a Mighty Orb of Light, eff'ulgent with the 
glory of the Holy One ! 

L. H.—lt is written the "Angel "-" Lion " shall have 
"in his hand a Little Book, Open." Dost thou? 



20 APPENDIX. 

Thou seest. 

L. H. — Didst not thou write all that the " Little Book" 
contains ? 

I inscribed it all upon this parchment. 

L. H. — Whilst writing it, didst not thou say, thou didst 
not write it; that "all the words seemed only the lan- 
guage of another ? " 

Yes, a number of times I so remarked. 

L. H. — Notwithstanding this, do you still claim not to 
be guilty of plagiarism? 

Yes ; for the reason that during the last five and 

twenty years, I have not spent five hours, — so far as I can 
remember, — in reading any writing, works or work of 
any other persons, or person treating on the subjects, or 
any one subject contained in the Little Book Open : — the 
Scriptures excepted. 

L. H. — Do you affirm it has been mostly written with- 
out their aid ? 

Yes ; — not having possessed a copy of them, — (un- 
til within the last two or three weeks,) — for a period of 
about seven years ; — and to the present moment I have ex- 
amined but — I believe, — four, or five passages to see if 
they were correctly quoted ; excepting those on the title 
pages ; for One was promised that should "bring all things 
to remembrance." 



APPENDIX. 21 

L. H. — Now I think better of thee, and yet 'tis plain 
thou art a reprobate and heretic ; it is no fault of mine 
that thou hast not possessed them. 

"It is no fault of" thine that any do; — what thou 

could'st not accomplish, thy master did. 

L. H. — Was the manuscript of thy Little Book, Part 
1st, finished about the middle of last month ? 

A few days before. 

L. H. — On the evening of the 14th of that month, (after 
thy MSS. was thus finished,) did the thought, for the very 
first time, occur to thee that what thou hadst then written 
was the " Little Book Open," or a part of it ? 

Yes, until that evening I was ignorant that there was 

such an expression, as " Little Book," in the Scriptures. 

L. H. — If what thou boldest in thy "hand" is the "Little 
Book Open," and if thou art a representative Messenger, then 
in writing it, (although ignorant of what thou wert writ- 
ing,) it should have been to thee both " sweet " and " bit- 
ter:" — was it "sweet" unto thy "taste?" 

" Sweet " was then my word : although no word, or 

words, could convey an idea of its sweetness to me: it was 
" sweeter than honey and the honeycomb." 

L. H. — Was the Little Book written without the aid 
of any other inspiration than that of the Spirit of the 
Highest? 



22 APPENDIX. 

1 think it was, wholly so. 

L. H. — Whilst writing it, (although in usual health,) 
didst thou, before eating thy meals — or eating or drinking 
any thing — hundreds of times throw from thy " belly " thy 
frothy " bitterness," so that thy noises alarmed the beasts 
and dragons around thee, inducing thee to select a more 
secluded retreat? 

Yes, I think many hundreds of times, and on ac- 
count of its strangeness, was probably more "alarmed" 
than they. 

L. H. — Are many things much more minute daily occur- 
ring in the incidents of thy life which are representative of 
thy "Offices or work," or which are typical of great ante- 
types ? 

Yes, things and incidents so numerous, so perfect, 

so minute, showing in the smallest things my Master's 
guiding hand, that oftentimes I fear, and tremble, and am 
lost in wonder and amazement. 

L. H. — Doth the "left foot" of thy person represent, 
(to a degree), the work thy Master shall perform on the 
earth when "His feet shall stand in that day upon the 
Mount of Olives?" For He said He should "send a fire 
on the earth." Is it as a ^^ pillar of fire?" 

It represents that work to as perfect a degree as it 

could be in that manner represented. 



APPENDIX. 23 

L. H. — "Was the Revelator to prophesy again? 

Yes; but it is not to be supposed he should aj^pear 

before his resurrection, or that he should be raised be- 
fore his brethren, in order to swear that they should also 
be raised when the mystery should be finished. 

L. H. — Then was some other person to "prophesy" for 
John ? And if so, in what way ? 

Yes, some other person was to cause him to " proph- 
esy again" by unsealing the "Seven Thunders" he was 
commanded to "seal up." 

L. H. — Dost thou then cause John to "prophesy 
again?" 

Yes, in " thunder "-tones, as the "Little Book 

Open " hath unsealed the " Seven Thunders," causing them 
to "utter their voices." 

L. H. — If thou art a strictly representative messenger 
thou couldst not prophesy /or, or in the place of John, un- 
less thy name was also John. Is that thy name? 

To all who obey the words of the Little Book 

Open my name shall be the Grace and Mercy of God. 
L. H. — Was not an ^^ Angel come down from heaven" 
to have "in his hand" the " Little Book Open?" 

The description of the Angel is the description of 

his Message contained in the Little Book. 

L. H. — Shall then this Message produce upon those 



24 APPENDIX. 

unto whom it shall be sent effects which shall be as oppo- 
site in their nature as those produced by "bright clouds'' 
which " drop down the dew," the beautiful and gladdening 
covenant ^' bow'' that arches them, the life-giving Sun, and 
those resulting from '^pillars" of consuming ^'firef" 

The ''effects" it shall produce shall be "sweet" or 

''bitter;' "joyful" or "sorrowful," "Life" or "Death." 
L. H. — Art thou an " Angel come down from heaven f " 

" The baptism of John, was it jrom heaven, or of 

men?" If his message was "from heaven" to "prepare" 
the " way of the Lord," mine is none the less so ; nay, " by 
reason of the glory that excelleth," as far exceeds his in this 
regard as "the glory" of the "second" "appearing" shall 
"excel" that of the first. Must ally because thou didst, 
come from beneath? 

Must all have marks of thine own badness ? 
Hearest thou not that song of gladness ? 
" But these black heavens now are rent ! 
Through them Thou hast Thine Angel sent! 
Thy winds in gentle zephyrs wreathe! 
The very breath of Heav'n we breathe ! " 

L. H. — Is thy Message a " mighty " one ? 

It is " mighty, for it is of God, and God is mighty ! " 

It is "mighty" for it shall "prophesy" "before many /)eo- 



APPENDIX. 25 

pies, and nations, and tongues, and Icings," and is a Mes- 
sage " SET " " over the nations, and over the kingdoms, to root 
OUT, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw 
DOWN, to BUILD, and to PLANT ; " for it shall " SET " its 
"right foot UPON THE SEA, and" its "left foot on the 
EARTH." It is "mighty," for it shall be to all a savor of 
Life unto Life, or of " Death unto Death ; " for all shall 
hear its " loud voice," all shall hear the pealing echo of its 
" Seven Thunders ; " for like all potent messages from the 

MIGHTY, — 

Though gently falls its cheering light, 
Here is condensed Jehovah's MIGHT ! 
Whose tidal waves shall yet be seen ! 
*Tis God's electric magazine! 
Whilst MEEK ones giving life and joy. 
Its THUNDERBOLTS the proud destroy! 

It is " mighty," for the Lord God Almighty hath 
heard its oath, already with uplifted hand recorded, and 
HE will fulfill it by revealing from heaven, His Son with 
a mighty host of angels ! 

Though impotent thy rage and madness ! 
Hearest thou not that song of gladness ? 
"But thou wilt make this surging sea 
Roll our frail barque onward to Thee ! 



26 APPENDIX. 

For these black heavens now are rent! 

Through them Thou hast Thine Angel sent 

To CALM th^ Jury of the blast! 

A holy light from Thee to cast 

Upon the pages of Thy Chart! 

Thy STRENGTH and wisdom to impart!'' 
L. H. — Is it " clothed with a cloud ? " 

With " GOLDEN CLOUDS," brighter than those that 

float in the azure heavens ! It is " clothed with a cloud " 
that "drops down the dew" of Love and Life! It is 
" clothed with a cloud" of brightness, the- advance cloud 
that heralds the approach of those " Clouds of Heaven," 
which, like mountains of Light! in majestic glory! are 
sweeping down upon the earth ! It is " clothed with 

A cloud" of crystalled Truth and Light! 
Reflecting the efl*ulgence bright 
Which from the Godhead on it shone! 
Casting the shadow of His Throne! 
It floats above thy hate and madness! 
Hearest thou not that song of gladness? 
" Here borne upon the wings of light, 
These clouds, how beautiftd and bright ! " 

L. ^.— Doth "A rainbow" rest "upon" it? 
' Yes, a " BOW," (with two refracted ones), of tran- 



APPENDIX. 27 

scendent beauty! a bridge for Faith's elastic step, arching 
HIGH OVER the fierce "whirhvind'' of the ^^ blackness of 
darkness'^ that intervenes between the present and the 
IMMEDIATE /whire / a single arch, that spans the narrow 
chasm 'twixt weeping and Death, and the realms of light ! 
And, though floating like gossamer, is the only remaining 
link BETWEEN the Kingdom of Darkness and the King- 
dom OF Light! reaching to, and refracting the rich, pris- 
matic rays of the "Sun" of Glory, now arising in the 
East! 

Which shall dispel earth's gloom and sadness! 

Hearest thou not that song of gladness? 

" The blackening whirlwinds backward march ! 

Their heav'ns three bows of promise arch ! " 

L. H. — Doth its "face" shine "as it were the Sun?" 

Thou shalt see a light more lurid before thine " eyes 

of man " shall behold its refulgent splendor ! It is lumin- 
ous with the affluent brightness of a Mighty Orb of Light 
before which " the moon shall be confounded, and the Sun 
ashamed ! " — aye, the condensed light of a million suns 
would pale before the dazzling brilliancy of Its glory ! for 
from this Mighty Luminary all light doth radiate ! 

Then grov'ling ones sprung from the clod, 
To what then will ye liken God? 



28 APPENDIX. 

Or wherewith wilt thou liken Him, 

Thou shining, mighty seraphim? 

With all these worlds profusely strown 

Compare ye Him upon the Throne ? 

The BLAZING Sun will ye compare 

Unto Aurora's fitful glare? 

Or the VAST heaven's effulgent light 

With the dim glow-worm of the night? 

These countless orbs on ev'ry hand 

Unto a single grain of sand ? 

These are as naught! And still alone 

God rests on His Eternal Throne ! 

If they were not, He still would be ! 

And robed in awful majesty ! 

Yet HE is coming / Farewell sadness! 

Hearest thou not that song of gladness ? 

"O'erhead flash forth Thy chandeliers! 

Now chimes the music of the spheres ! 

But here rolls up a brighter light! 

The Holy City flies in sight! 

A blaze of GLORY fills this placc ! 

Thy lost ones soo7i Thou wilt embrace!" 

L» H — ^Are its " feet as pillars of fire / " 

Thou shalt know in nineteen times, at the assembling 



APPENDIX. 29 

of the " Grand CEcumenical Council, when the Episcopate '* 
from every land and age, '^united to their Sovereign Pon- 
tiff, shall sit in judgment upon ereor, and declare to the 
flock WHAT is obligatory upon their belief! " Thou shalt 
know when " the beast " that bore thee — and of which 
thou "remainest" — shall be "slain," and the "body" 
"given to" this "burning flaine;" then shalt thou "behold 
how great a matter a little fire kindleth : " — thou shalt 
know when thy " whole body " shall be " burnt" — when 
thy " plagues come in one day, death ! and mourning ! and 
famine!" when thou " shalt be utterly burned with fire ! For 
strong is the Lord God who" shall execute "judgment" on 
thee ! — Thou shalt know when the forked-tongued flames of 
the advance " pillar of fire" shall lick thee down to Hell I 

And cast thee in Gehenna's fire, 
"Prepared for Devil" and th' "liar!" 
Where seri^ent -fangs remain unwrenched ! 
And "Lake of fire" shall not be " quenched! " — 

Thou shalt know, when Hell itself, becoming nauseated 
from containing thee, shall, like ten thousand volcanoes, 
vomit thee forth, and all thy hosts with thee ; amid hiss- 
ing, scathing, liquid streams of burning lava ! when the 
REMAINING "pillar of fire," bursting into a mighty whirl- 
wind of flame, shall enwrap the earth ! — when the myriad 



30 APPENDIX. 

shrieks of thy wailing hosts, and thine ; and the agoniz- 
ing wails of the vast multitudes of the Fallen Star, shall 
mingle with the " great noise " of its awful crash ! which, " as 
the voice of Almighty God " shall shake " the foundations 
of the earth ! " when the solid globe shall melt and become a 
seething " lake of fire ! " Then where wilt thou escape ? 

There shalt thou writhe in hate and rage. 

Until the everlasting age! 

There shalt thou fall with Satan's throne! 

And be "devoured" in that Ion! 

Thus thou thy "double" doom shalt reach! 

And thus be " broke " " with double breach ! " — 

In nineteen times, and nineteen and one thousand times, 
and "a little season," when my Master, and the mighty 
gods with Him, shall fight the two great battles "of that 
great day of God Almighty," thou shalt know! then will 
I answer thee! Then "the cup which" thou "hast filled" 
shall be "filled to" thee ''double!'' 

And then thy song of joy and gladness 
Shall turn to one of wailing sadness ! 
Then all the hosts " marked " with thy badness, 
Shall wail with thee in hate and madness, — 
" Enwrapped in flame ! and tempest-tossed ! 
Reach down Thine arm ! for we are lost ! " 



APPENDIX. 31 

Those like in nature, do not part : — 
Thou 'It speed to Hell! the Devil's heart! 
Like spark of electricity! 
Then shall from this great battery 
Flow through thy form, Devil-begot!! 
His spirit-currents, burning hot ! ! ! 

L. H. — I have the " keys of Hell," and already have a 
sufficiently intimate acquaintance therewith. 'Tis not 
about these things I wish to question thee; but in regard 
to thy presumptuous claim that thy "Lord hath made" 
thee " Ruler over His household , " for as I have not only 
the "keys of Hell," but also "the keys of the Kingdom 
of Heaven," thou dost herein trespass on my authority. 

Servant-Ruler. — Behold, thou art again transformed; 
and yet thou canst not hide thy beastly look ! I know 
thee, who thou art. Thy sinful '^ eyes of man" show 
plainly that thou art that ''Man of Sin." And thou ap- 
pearest now, — if possible, — more hideous than as the 
bloody, shriveled, vipered, and bedeviled vampire-vul- 
ture; or blasphemous horn on the head of bloody, and 
savage beast. Thou art indeed a most revolting sight ! 
No marvel the great Archangel Michael " durst not bring 
against" thy Master "a railing accusation" if thy horrible 
form doth represent his nature. Though "arrayed in 



32 APPENDIX. 

purple, and scarlet-colored " robes, thou dost show beneath 
them thy beastly "feet" with which thou hast "stamped 
the residue ; " thou " gapest on me with " thy " leopard's " 
mouth, showing savagely thy dragon teeth; thy arching 
brow is furrowed with the deep wrinkles of the Archfiend, 
and from its center doth project the same blasphemous 
horn ; each lineament of thy man's face portrays the work- 
ings of thy demon heart, and long centuries of thy fiend- 
ish life have deeply graved them on thy lank, sinewy, 
and wrinkled cheeks ; the hair of thy head is like unto 
the quills of Porcupine; and with thy vulture, beastly, 
snaky, whorish, demon eyes, flashing the fires of Hell, thou 
glarest at me ! And though fast becoming decrepit from 
many centuries of wickedness, thou art still brisk, and 
burly ; for thou hast fattened on the rich hearts of count- 
less myriads !^and thy mouth is red with the wine of 
blood ! — and thy " purple, and scarlet " robes are dyed 
therewith ! — thy hands, — stained with the blood of untold 
millions — are dripping with the fresh gore of victims! — 
the very air is putrid from thy reeking corruption! — thy 
pestilential breath is like the stifling miasma from a den 
of vipers ! And yet, " the ahomination " of thy most hor- 
rible ! bloody ! devilish ! and filthy carcass, thou dost " set 
up " in the holy " Temple of God ! ! " " shoidng " thyself that 
thou art " God! ! !'' And thereby thou dost "j^olhite the 



APPENDIX. 33 

Sanctuary of strength,^' OF TRUTH ! And thou openest 
thy most execrable "mouth, in blasphemy against God! 
to blaspheme His name I and His Tabernacle! and them 
that dwell in Heaven ! " 

Man of Sin --ThoM art thyself "that Wicked" that 
should " be revealed ; " for thou hast all his marks : thou 
hast both taken "from" and "added" to "the words of 
the book of" the "prophecy:" even when thou knew'st 
the curses pronounced on such. 

Servant— Thou hast " added" many things, by thy " great 
words" and "traditions;" but I will not now charge 
that thou hast " taken from ; " for that would imply that 
thou hadst left a part. Thou hast " taken aiuay " " the 
DAILY Sacrifice," and thou hast "cast down" "the place 
of His Sanctuary." 

Man of Sin. — Thou dost "speak" nearly a half dozen 
"great words," in high-sounding names and titles; which 
"that Wicked" was to do. 

Servant. — The "great swelling words" which thou hast 
" spoken," would many times engird the globe. 

Man of Sin. — If thou dost justly claim the title of "Serv- 
ant-Ruler," thou must indeed be most "wicked;" for then 
is was necessary, nearly two thousand years ago, that He 
who made the globe should thrice warn thee against " great 
swelling words" of revelling and "drunkenness." But it 
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34 APPENDIX. 

seems to have been necessary that these men who proph- 
esy floods of water and fire should have been warned that 
they should not in like manner flood themselves. But if 
this warning was needed by thee, thou "shalt be beaten 
with" "stripes." 

Servant. — I have been, until made willing to do my 
"Lord's will." 

Man of Sin. — It is now still more " plain that thou art 
a reprobate and heretic." 

Servant. — Thou wouldest " cover " thy " sins," but thou 
"shalt not prosper." "The hail shall sweep away the 
refuge of lies : " for thou hast been " drunken with the 
hlood of the saints.^* 

Man of Sin. — I will prove to thee thy wickedness and 
presumption. Dost not thou say that thou hast not been 
only about a half dozen times inside of any places or 
place of worship during the last seven years; that for 
about the same period thou hast been not once to any 
place of public entertainment ; and that thou hast not 
during the last seven years spent an hour in or one dollar 
for society of any kind, except in thy public dealings with 
men? 

Servant— Yes. 

Man of Sin. — And although thou hast been thus isolated 
from the '^wisdom of the world" thou dost most wickedly 



APPENDIX. 35 

claim that "things" have been "revealed" "unto" thee 
which have been "hid" "from the wise and prudent." 
The "wise Steward" was to give the "Household" "their 
portion of meat," but for a long time thou hast eaten no 
swine flesh, and hast not recommended it to the "House- 
hold;" thou, therefore, hast not "given" "them their por- 
tion of meat;" thus thou art "that Wicked," for he should 
"command to abstain from meat," — swine flesh — which 
was "created to be received with thanksgiving of them" 
that are exercised thereby. 

Servarit. — This is a fair specimen of thy sensual logic* 
I remember a "legion" of thy recruits once "received it 
with thanksgiving," and both were greatly ''exercised 
thereby." And thou, and thy "great herd of swine," 
"possessed" with a "legion" of "doctrines of devils," 
shall be in like manner cast "violently down a steep place 
into the Lake" beneath. "And a mighty angel took up 
a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, 
saying. Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon 
be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all." For 
thou hast " become the habitation of devils, and the hold 
of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hate- 
ful bird." But now thou and those with thee shall be 

* Witness that in regard to " transubstantiation " and other dogmas. 



36 APPENDIX. 

"frayed" and "cast out." And three "carpenters" "are 
come to fray " thee and " them," — " the two Anointed ones 
that stand by the Lord of the whole earth," — " the 
Anointed, which the Highest hath kept for them, and for 
their wickedness UNTO THE END," or rather, the "fly- 
ing rolV or "Little Book'' which he has "in his hand." 
And l\iQ fourth, the Great "Carpenter," shall speedily 
"come" "to cast out" both thee and "them;" — even 
"Zerubbabel with those seven," and "the plummet in" 
His "hand." Thus thou and they shall be "frayed," 
or " consumed with the spirit of His mouth " — the Word ; 
" and shall" be " cast out " — " destroyed with the bright- 
ness " — " flaming fire " — " of His coming^ 

Man of Sin. — In what thou sayest, " are some things 
hard to be understood." 

Servant. — There doubtless will be " some things " " which 
they that are unlearned and unstable" shall "wrest'* "unto 
their ow7i destruction." 

3fa7i of Sin. — In claiming to be the "Steward" of the 
" Household," thou dost greatly " magnify " thy " Office." 
What is the " Household ? " 

Servant. — Three shall be tormented in Hell unto the 
everlasting age. "A certain rich man" having "died," 
whilst " in Hell," " lifting up his eyes " " in torments," had 
left behind ''five" different classes of "brethren." A "few " 



APPENDIX. 37 

of each class shall become " wise " by eating " their portion 
of meat," which the " Steward " shall " give them." They 
shall therefore take " oil in their vessels with their lamps." 
For "the Anointed which the Highest hath kept" shall 
"deliver" them "with mercy;" and through the "two" 
"branches," and ^'through the two Golden Pipes" he 
shall fill " their vessels" with "the golden oil out of" "the 
two Anointed Ones that stand by the Lord of the whole 
earth." But "inany" of the '^Jive" shall for themselves 
"kindle a fire," and shall "foolishly" endeavor to "walk 
in the light of" "the sparks that" they shall "kindle;" and 

THEY THEREFORE " SHALL LIE DOWN IN SORROW." 

Man of Sin. — If thou hast " answered discreetly," the 
"Household" then doth all include, the "Scattered 
Flock" as well. The Highest chose "the Daughter of 
Judah," and, although by her grievously traduced, she 
was, and is beloved, although forsaken. If thou art a 
Messenger to her, her "portion of meat" will be, — "Thus 
saith the Lord," for the "sake" of the "Child," the "Only 
Son," " turn, for I am married unto you." And if thou art 
a strictly representative Messenger, one whom the Highest 
hath sent to them, as all the *'jots and tittles" must be 
"fulfilled," she will expect that there should have been a 
parallelism in thine own case : for all her messengers have 
been representative. Hast thou ever so said? 



38 APPENDIX. 

Servant — Yes, more than seven years ago. 

Man of Sin. — If thou art "that" "Steward whom his 
Lord hath made Ruler over His Household, to give them 
their portion of meat in due season;" if thou art "the 
Anointed which the Highest hath kept" to "reprove" and 
"correct" a portion of the "Household," and in the char- 
acter of a Judge, to "set them before" thee "alive in 
Judgment," the others " to deliver with mercy," and to 
fill "their vessels" with the "golden oil," and as "ser- 
vant," to " wash " the Virgins' " feet," to guide them, (" as 
sheep going astray,") "unto the" Great "Bishop o/" their 
" souls," is then thy name " representative of thy Offices 
and work ? " 

Servant. — ^Yes. 

3Ian of Sin. — Thou wouldst greatly " exalt " thyself. 
" By what authority dost thou these things? and who gave 
thee this authority ? " 

Servant. — I speak only those " things that I have heard 
of my Father." I am "clothed with a cloud" of "author- 
ity," because " Heaven " hath mantled me therewith. I 
am the "wise" "virgins' lowly "Servant" yet "Ruler over 
His Household," because my " Lord hath made" me such: 
I am the Messenger to " deliver with mercy" His "people," 
and to "correct," and to "set" thee, and those with thee 
"before" me "alive in Judgment," because I am "the 



APPENDIX. 39 

Anointed which the Highest hath kept for" this pur- 
pose. 

Man of Sin. — Who then is thy Ruler? 

Servant. — One "whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy 
to unloose ! " One whom I serve, and ardently love, and 
adore! One whose holy 7iame I am not worthy to speak! 
and should not be, should I through years of tears and 
sorrow labor and suffer for His precious "Bride," and then 
for her and Him lay down my life. 

Man of Sin. — If thou art prepared to "wash" her "feet," 
who then hath washed thee ? 

Servant. — Thou hast not with thy holy (?) water ; but in 
answer to tens of thousands of petitions, and thousands 
offered during my daily ablutions of the last few years, that 
in like manner I might be " cleansed from all filthiness of 
the flesh and spirit," and in answer to the prayers, and 
also the intercessions (not which thou hast offered) of my 
Master for me, the Holy One hath "washed" my "robes, 
and made them white in the blood of the Lamb." 

Man of Sin.— If thou art '*to give" the ''Household" 
" their portion of meat," who then hath fed thee ? 

Servant. — Thou hast not, for I do not belong to thy 
flock. I have had "meat to eat that ye know not of," 
given in answer to petitions for the last few years offered 
at nearly every one of my three daily sacraments, that I 



40 APPENDIX. 

might constantly be fed with that holy ^^ Bread which 
came down from Heaven," of which "if any man eat he 
SHALL LIVE FOREVER:" and my Master therefore hath 
"given" me "to eat of the Hidden Manna." 

Man of Sin. — If thou suppliest the " Household " with 
the "golden oil" from "the two Anointed Ones," who hath 
"anointed" thee with the "Anointing Oil of the Lord?" 

Servant. — I belong not to thy succession, for it is written, 
" This is the Anointed which the Highest hath kept ! " and 
" He " that " hath anointed us is God. " 

Man of Sin. — Art thou able to, and dost thou exercise 
the judicial authority of Euler and Judge ? 

Servant. — Is it not written, the Messenger shall " set his 
right foot upon the sea and his left foot on the earth?" 
The Highest ever hath His agents, and He "maketh" "His 
ministers a flaming fire." I "reprove," "upbraid," "re- 
buke," and "correct" thee, and those with thee, and "set" 
thee, and "them" "before" me "alive in Judgment" 
"ivith all the words which " " the Highest hath " given me ; 
and the " Mighty " will therefore fulfill His words. Why 
am I "anointed" sl " Ruler f" Wilt thou make my 
"Lord" a liar? 

Man of Sin. — Canst thou, and dost thou "give" the 
" Household " " their portion of meat," the kind specified 
by thy Lord, " meat in due season f " 



APPENDIX. 41 

Servant — I shall "give" thee and thine very strong 
" meat," but to the others, " meat " that shall make them 
^'strong;" so that they shall "be able" to "stand before 
the Son of man;" for when they eat the "honeycomb" 
that I " give " unto them, their " eyes " are " enlightened," 
and it is very "sweet" "unto" their "taste." 

Man of Sin. — Canst thou, and dost thou enable "five" 
of the " virgins " to take " oil in their vessels with their 
lamps?" 

Servant. — I fill " their vessels " with the " Golden Oil " 
with which they keep their " lights burning,'' and therefore 
" are not in darkness, that that day should overtake " them 
" as a thief." 

Man of Sin. — Canst thou, and dost thou hioiv when the 
"Bridegroom" shall " return F" and knowing this, canst 
thou, and dost thou "cry" "Behold! the Bridegroom 
Cometh?" 

Servant. — "Upon one Stone" "that" the Highest hath 
"laid before" me, are "seven eyes'' which see with the eyes 
of God the speeific time when He " will bring forth " " the 
Branch," for "the Lord of Hosts" hath "engraved the 
GRAVING thereof:" and they represent "the eyes of the 
Lord, which run to and fro through the whole earth," 
taking cognizance of and controlling all causes and effects; 
and thereby seeing the time of the event and securing its 



42 APPENDIX. 

accomplishment And therefore I " cry" " Behold ! the 
Bridegroom cometh ! " — therefore have I " cried with a 
loud voice," " Go ye out to meet Him ! " And the High- 
est hath " illuminated " me with a light the brilliancy of 
which doth shine " as it were the Sun." 

Which, flashing through the future night, 
Illumines it with waves of light ! 

Man of Sin. — Thou sayest, " stand by thyself," " for I 
am holier than thou." 

Servant. — I say to such as thou art, " stand by thyself! " 
for thy very touch is corruption. 

Man of ^m.— Thou " exalteth " thyself " above all that " 
I have " called god," or have " worshiped." 

Servant. — Yes ; but that is no great exaltation. 

Man of Sin. — Thou claimest for thyself great honor, for 
even above myself thou wouldest thyself " exalt," and 
claimest on me to sit in Judgment. 

Servant. — The "honor," and "exaltation" of judging 
thee, is like unto that of environing with " flames of fire " 
a hollow, rotten tree that has become a den of vipers, that 
both may be consumed together. Although to suffer for 
my Master is an honor, yet is it such a marvelous 
*' honor" and " exaltation, " that one whom the " Highest 
hath" "anointed" " Ruler'' should "set" thee "before 
him" in "judgment?" — that one, who with his brethren 



APPENDIX. 43 

" shall judge angels,*' should judge thee f — that one, who 
soon shall " reign " with the Son of God, as a " king and 
priest," should in the name of the Mighty, judge and sen- 
tence thee ? — that one, whose " Lord " hath said, that " Of 
a truth He will make him Ruler over all that he hath," — 
should sit in " Judgment " on thy bloody, foul, loathsome, 
putrid, demonized carcass, which thou hast audaciously 
''placed'' in God's " Temple of Truth,'' and dost "exalt" 
therein as God f And thou hast ''set up" therein thy 
" abomination " in "place " of the Great Sacrifice " offered " 
'' once for all," — the perpetual or "daily Sacrifice" — 
the "daily bread." Thus hast thou "taken away" from 
the "Household" that "Bread which came down from 
Heaven." And on thee is "found the blood of prophets 
and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth : " 
and thou hast "opened" thy bloody, beastly "mouth in 
blasphemy against God." 

3Ian of Sin. — Thou openest thy mouth in blasphemy 
against His vicegerent. 

Servant. — Then will I blaspheme the more : — for if every 
righteous word of execration, and every anathema of 
heaven, could be condensed into one withering, scathing, 
consuming stream of burning lava, then would I — had 
I the power — pour it on thy accursed head ! and through 

THY VIPERED HEART ! 



44 APPENDIX. 

Man of Sin. — Hast thou no dread of being impaled 
upon my "horn" which hath transfixed its millions? 
Servant. — My God shall transfix thee ! 

^ When Fiend of hate hath ivhole control, 
Will he deal gently with thy soul ? 
Transfixed between Old Serpent's fangs, 
Will he regard thy writhing pangs ? 
As all thy hours with horrors teem, 
Shall not each one eternal seem? 
Thy doom, and his who doth "deceive," 

Is PUNISHMENT WITHOUT REPRIEVE! 

Man of Sin. — My claws shall sink deeply into thy soul 
and body; I will tear thee with my '^talons!" 

Lion-Anointed. — As hath thy Master, thou truly hast a 
marvelous faculty of changing thy aspect, and of "adapt- 
ing thyself to circumstances." Even thy fiendish heart be- 
comes appalled at the sight of thy horrid form in the 
mirror I have held before thee! 

Eagle. — I will hie me to my nest. 

Nay, but I "will talk with thee." 

Eagle. — Then will I farther question thee. How knowest 
thou that I am that which " remainest of the four beasts f " 

Didst thou not build thy nest within their lairf and 

with their authority and power hast not thou also had " the 



APPENDIX. 45 

dominion of the earth, and of those that dwell therein, 
with much oppression?" Since they each successively 
" had a great time," who but thee hast " had the govern- 
ance of the world?" and since thy "voice went" "from 
the midst of" thy "body" when there "grew" "eight" 
"contrary feathers:" and when "that kingdom'' was "re- 
stored again to his beginning'' at the commencement 
of % "proud Times," (the Times, Time, and a half,) who, 
beside thee hast " reigned upon earth ? " And therefore 
art "thou it that remainest;'' but thou shalt not long 
remain; for thy "eight" "feathers" have become "two 
little feathers," and still "remain under the head:" and 
all thy other "feathers that" have "stood up" "that 
they might rule also," "appear no more: " and thy other 
four "little wings" no longer enable thee to float in the 
airy heighths of the political and ecclesiastical heavens, 
for as such, they also have passed away. And all that 
now " remains " to thy body is one " head," " two little 
feathers,'' and "four wings" which give thee some sup- 
port in the latter " heaven ; " and soon even these shall fail 
thee also, for at this moment one of the wings is begin- 
ning to disappear. Two of thy " three heads," which were 
executive forces, as such, have ceased to be. The " great 
head" "that was in the midst" lieth dead by "the great 
river Euphrates," although "the number of the army 



46 APPENDIX. 

of" his "horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand." 
He has been known as " THE SICK MAN," and there- 
fore said the All-wise, "He shall die upon his bed, and 
yet with pain.'' Of the other two, it is written, "The 
sivord of THE ONE shall devour the other." And oh, thou 
subtle Potentate, who saidest whilst in exile, "I will yet 
wear the Purple Robe," the Highest doth say to thee, 
Thy Kingdom shall speedily wear the weeds of mourning ! 
Therefore, "that thou doest, do quickly;'' thou art "the 
head that remained," "and falling headlong" shall "all" 
thy "bowels gush out," for thou art "the street of the 
great City" "where" "our Lord was crucified;" and 
therefore it is written, " at the last shall he fall through 
the sword himself." Thy sword pierced at Solfe- 
RiNO ! and thou knowest well, it was thy sword that " de- 
voured " ON the plains of Sadowa! And therefore 
thou art "the head that remaineth;" and in thy pride 
thou boasteth that thou wilt be the head not only at the 
CEcumenical Council, but for many years thereafter. But 
thy head shall be cut off: and though thou shalt then be 
an ecclesiastical "little wing" of the "body," yet it shall 
then be broken. And the "two little feathers " in that 
Kingdom of the "grand Council," which still "remain 
under" thy "head" shall then pass "over" thy "head" 
and shall go " unto it, and set themselves up to reign," but 



APPENDIX. 47 

" their kingdom " shall be " small and full of uproar." 
And as thy Second Empire was established by a grand 
Coup d^Etat, so now it shall in like manner suddenly 
disappear! For thou shalt be smitten, first with the 
SWORD from without ! and then from within ! And al- 
though thou dost exalt thy Throne to heaven, and dost 
now more than at any time before lift up thy heart in the 
pride of thy greatness and power, yet now QUICKLY the 
Most High shall bring thee down to Hell ! Thou dost 
say, " I am a god, I sit in the seat of God." " Wilt thou 
yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou 
shalt be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that 
slayeth thee ! " 

But know thou, oh Victor Emmanuel, those " tivo little 
feathers " shall " reign " in " the small kingdom full of 
trouble" "and full of UPROAR," U7itil the KINGDOM 
OF THE GREAT VICTOR ! until the REIGN OF 
KING EMMANUEL ! " The Head " and " little iving " 
shall "appear no more," "and their kingdom" shall be 
established. And oh, thou effete and foul " littIjE 
wing," — now beginning to disappear — the Highest shall 
pour upon thee still greater indignation ! And the 
Mighty shall visit upon thee, oh thou corrupt and haughty 

HOUSE OF HaPSBURG, STILL GREATER JUDGMENTS ! And 

also upon thee, oh thou proud and wicked Muscovite, the 



48 appendix. 

Great God will render His anger with fury ! and 
His rebuke with flames of fire ! For cdl ye belong 
to the " body " of this " Eagle ! " and ye all shall be " con- 
sumed'^ away! and "6e idterly burned luithfire!" *' And 

YE SHALL know THAT THE LoRD OF HoSTS HATH SENT 
ME UNTO YOU ! " 

AND HEARKEN NOW, O LAND OF MY NA- 
TIVITY, BELOVED AMERICA! "come near, ye 

NATIONS, TO HEAR ! AND HEARKEN, YE PEOPLE ! LET 
THE EARTH HEAR ! AND ALL THAT IS THEREIN ! THE 
WORLD, AND ALL THINGS THAT COME FORTH OF IT ! 

For THE INDIGNATION of the Lord is upon all 

NATIONS ! AND HIS FURY UPON ALL THEIR ARMIES ! " 

And therefore let all the Rulers of the earth, and 
all the PEOPLE of the world hear! For thus saith 
the ALMIGHTY LORD GOD, "I LIFT UP MY 
HAND TO HEAVEN, AND SAY, I LIVE FOR- 
EVER ! IF I WHET MY GLITTERING SWORD, 
AND MINE HAND TAKE HOLD ON JUDGMENT, 
I WILL RENDER VENGEANCE TO MINE ENE- 
MIES! AND WILL REWARD THEM THAT HATE 
ME ! " " FOR MY SWORD SHALL BE BATHED 
IN HEAVEN ! BEHOLD ! IT SHALL COME DOWN 
UPON" "THE PEOPLE OF MY CURSE, TO 
JUDGMENT ! " "Be wise now, therefore, O ye Kings ! 



APPENDIX. 49 

he instructed, ye judges of the earth! serve the Lord 
with fear! and rejoice with trembling! Kiss the Son, 
lest He be angry, and ye perish from the way when His 
wrath is kindled but a little ! " And " let all the inhab- 
itants OF THE WORLD STAND IN AWE OF HiM ! " " For 

by fire and by His sword will the Lord plead with all flesh ! 
and the slain of the Lord shall be many ! " " AND YE 
SHALL KNOW THAT THE LORD OF HOSTS 
HATH SENT ME UNTO YOU!" 

Eagle. — If thou art the Lion-Anointed, thou shouldest, 
long ere this, have sent out thy " roaring voice." 

The Highest had declared more than two thou- 
sand THREE hundred years ago, that this should not be 
done till after the "devouring" carnage 0/ Solferino 
AND Sadowa:— for it is written, "And I beheld, and lo! 
THE HEAD upon the right side devoured it that was 
upon the left side. THEN I heard a voice which said 
unto me, Look before thee and consider the thing that thou 

Seest, AND I BEHELD, AND LO ! AS IT WERE A ROARING LION 

chased out of the wood : and I saw that he sent out a 
mayi's voice unto the Eagle, and said, Hear thou ! I will 
talk with thee, and the Highest shall say unto thee, Art 
not thou IT that remainest of the four beasts whom I 
made to reign in my world, that the end of th&ir times 
might come through them ?" 
10 



50 APPENDIX. 

Eagle. — I know thee, who thou art; thou art the ec- 
cursed, and the Mighty shall drive thee back to a desolate 
place, and those wild "beasts" shall tear thee! 

1 have been " driven" to a desolate place, and for many 

years, in the deep, dark " wilderness," " among " those wild 
" beasts," have been tempted by thy hydra-headed Dragon. 

Eagle. — Hast thou not been for more than seven years 
away from the great Atlantic Gathering — thy home ? 

Yes; for it was then said, " Warn every body for 

me to have nothing to do with Spiritualism, that (in re- 
spect to you) has been my ruin ! " Yes, and yet perchance my 
own proud heart was partly cause; but not in "respect to" 
eternal "ruin" toward the Highest, if there is no repentance. 
The "WARNING" will be found on page 49, Part 1st. 

Eagle. — If thou art " the Anointed," hast thou, at dif- 
ferent times and places, unaided by Spiritualism, told what 
was transpiring in places distant from thee? Has the 
Highest shown thee in minute detail things which have af- 
terward transpired? has He, by visions, and by showing 
thee parchments on which were written startling words, 
and by causing articulate words to be spoken to thee, to 
a degree guided thee in regard to thy Message to me? and 
by His Spirit guided thee in all? 

Yes. Example. Last night, after having been in- 
formed that I was made Ruler over the Household, I was 



APPENDIX. 51 

then told that the present rulers of the Kingdoms were 
TITULAR. Until a few moments ago, when I looked for the 
word, I did not know its meaning; indeed, until then I 
was totally ignorant that there really was such a word. 

Eagle. — And although thou claimest to have a message 
of PURITY from Holiness Itself, thou dost, unlike all 
others, voluntarily exhibit the scenes on the sullied por- 
tions of the canvas of thy life. 

Yes, that other lions still straying in " the wood '* 

may be encouraged by my master's nobleness of heart ; 
and also that the pictured sceyiery of His woodland life 
may, by the contrast, appear the more beautiful and 
bright ! also knowing that when thou seest a remaining 
spot of whiteness, thou dost take especial pains to pollute it 
with thy filthiness, and that as thou hast " called the Mas- 
ter of the House Beelzebub," thou wilt "much more" 
*'them of His Household" I have forestalled thee herein. 
If thou thinkest to find food and shelter in this " capital," 
thou shalt fill thy craw with icicles, and thy "belly with 
the east wind ! " But my Master will give me another 
panoramic canvas, a silken one, of gorgeous scenery and 
unsullied purity! which, unwinding from the great drum 
of Eternity, shall rival in dazzling whiteness the luster of 
an angel's wing! 

Eagle. — Thou hast said that " along that path which my 



52 APPENDIX. 

vulture eye hath not seen thou hast been chased out of 
the wood of a howling wilderness." Then art thou "chased 

OUT OF THE WOOD?" 

Yes. For twenty-five years my voice hath not been 

heard in any assembly, until I arose on the last day of the 
last month, and with uplifted hand swore, "by Him that 
liveth forever," that in nineteen times "all thy vain 
body " should be " burnt ! " About twenty-five years ago 
I left my parents' home of luxury, and built me a den in 
the edge of the w^oods. Well do I remember how my 
noble mother, — embracing me, the first night I started to 
retire to my lonely dormitory, — endeavored with words, and 
tears, and love, to dissuade me from my purpose ; but I 
felt even then that thou hadst no right to monopolize the 
" knowledge of heavenly things ; " and that the Highest had 
a mission for me about these very things, which I should 
study out. But after awhile thy Master did "dissuade" and 
frighten " me from my purpose," by ejecting into my mind 
the most horrid blasphemies ; and since I have commenced 
this Message to thee, he has thousands of times renewed 
his attacks with a hundred-fold greater violence, and 
should I once allow them to escape my lips, I should as 
surely fall as my Master would have done had he cast 
himself down from the pinnacle of the Temple. As I 
never have to the present day, on any occasions, used in 



APPENDIX. 53 

vain the name of the Highest, I was at first much alarmed, 
but now I know who and what thy Master Spirit is, and 
'^ what is in man." But in neglecting to resume, until 
now, the "study" I then commenced, has been the great sin 
of my life ; and I have indeed been driven to a very " deso- 
late place." Nearly six years ago I wrote in a letter, " as 
Nebuchadnezzar was driven out until seven times passed 
over him, and until he fully learned that the Most High 
ruled in heaven and earth, so is it, and shall it be with 
me." But know thou that those seven years are now ended. 
I had not thought of what I then wrote until a few weeks 
since, when speeding along the banks of the broad river 
through the gray forests that stretch away hundreds of 
miles toward the setting Sun. And coming forth from a 
deep, black wilderness of sorrow and temptation, and also 
by the Spirit of the Highest ^'chased out of the'' '' wilder- 
ness" where thou hast driven my predecessors, and issuing 

forth FROM THE WILDS OF WESTERN AMERICA, do I UOW, 

oh, THOU Eagle of the Old World, "send out" to 
THEE my " roaring voice ! " for " the Highest hath 

LOOKED upon" THY " PROUD TIMES, AND BEHOLD ! THEY 

ARE ENDED ! " 

Thou hast ^^ taken away'' the Shepherd, and driven the 
sheep into the "wilderness" among wolves, and with thy 
^' hurtful claws " thou hast seized the tender lambs of the 



54 ' . APPENDIX. 

flock! and with thy "horrible wings" thou hast borne 
them away ! and with the horny mouths of thy " malicious 
heads " thou hast torn out their hearts ! and sucked their 
blood! But now shalt thou be driven away "like the 
chaff of the summer threshing-floors ! " For a hurricane 
of wrath from the Mighty shall swoop down upon thee ! the 
strong talons of vengeance shall seize thee! and thou shalt be 
borne away upon the wings of destruction! and the vam- 
pires of Hell shall tear out thy heart ! and suck thy blood ! 

Eagle. — If thou hast been "kept" to prophesy against 
me, and to thus "correct," things should have happened 
even in thy youth as tokens, which illustrate thy work. 

1 then said, — 

Great dragons and leopards beset thy way! 
Be thou a lion, and couch for this prey ! 

Thou art that " beast " which is " like unto a leopard/^ 
and thou art " Dra^oTi "-inspirited, for he "gave" thee 
" his power, and his seat, and great authority." And now 
have I couched for thee. "Will a lion roar in the forest 
when he hath no prey?" In the deep woods I set a pon- 
derous trap, and carefully covered it with leaves; during 
the night heaven covered it with a snowy sheet. Early 
in the morning going unto it, I looked, and lo, I had 
caught an enormous eagle. He essayed to tear me with 



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his claws, but I knocked him in the head, and then shud- 
dered to find that I had caught him by only one talon ! A 
ponderous trap hath been set for thee; and during the 
long night that is passed, heaven has covered it with a 
snowy sheet, even the mantle of truth! and thou hast 
"polluted" it by "setting up" thereon the "abomination" 
of thy vile carcass, unmindful of the trap hid beneath it 
for thee! But now, early in the morning of the glorious 
day which is dawning upon the earth, have I sprung upon 
thee the two ponderous jaws of prophetic truth ! and 
have caught thee by one talon! the only remaining one of 
THY "eight!"— "the small kingdom and full of trouble,'' 
" and full of uproar,"— and now will I aid my Master in 
knocking thee in the head ! 

Eagle, — I have said that if thou wert to prophesy /or and 
in the place of John, thy name also should be John : that 
if thou art "that servant" "whom his Lord hath made 
Ruler over His Household " as " the Anointed," to min- 
ister unto them in divine things, by "giving them meat in 
due season," and supplying " their vessels " with " oi7," so 
that they need not "walk in darkness," thy name also 
should signify "the Grace and Mercy of God:" and that 
if thou, as such, " Ruler " and " Anointed," art to " cor- 
rect " a portion of the "Household," and in the character 
of a Judge, to "set them before" thee "alive in Judg- 



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MENT," thy name should be representative of thy Offices 
and work : and that if a portion of the " Household " thou 
art to guide, (" as sheep going astray,") " unto the " Great 
"Bishop of" their "souls," and that if thou art His rep- 
resentative, thy name should likewise be Bishop. 

Now, thou dost affirm that before my "eight" "con- 
trary feathers" "grew," that I ''set" thy Master "be- 
fore" me " alive in Judgment," tried Him, and "condemned 
Him to be guilty of death ; " and it is written, " then led 
they " Him " unto the Hall of Judgment ; " now if thou 
art "the Anointed" "whom" He "hath made Ruler" 
to "set" myself and those with me "before" thee "alive 
IN Judgment," art thou the only earthly " Hall of Judg- 
ment" in which, and "before" which we are to be tried, 
condemned and sentenced? 

Lion- Anointed. — YES ! 

Eagle. — Is then thy name (the "jots and tittles" being 
fulfilled) representative of this, thy Office and work? 

Yes, to as great a degree as a name could repre- 
sent them. 

Eagle. — How knowest thou that my "proud times" "are 
ENDED," and that "in nineteen times" my "body" shall 
be "burntV 

1 know it because the Most High is true, and 

because " the Times also of the Highest have plain begin- 



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nings in wonders and powerful works, and endings in 

EFFECTS AND SIGNS ! " 

Eagle. — It is written, **the rest of my people shall he de- 
liver with mercy" From what shall they be delivered ? A 
"ruler" is supposed to be able to deliver his people; if 
thy name is, The Grace and Mercy of God, canst thou His 
"people" "deliver with mercy f" 

It is written, "As soon as I had eaten it, (the Little 

Book), my belly was bitter." This Message to thee " is the 
curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth!'* 

AND WITH ITS GOING FORTH COMMENCES " A TIME OP 
TROUBLE, SUCH AS NEVER WAS SINCE THERE WAS A NA- 
TION ! " — " the sea and waves " shall " roar ! " — there shall 
be a foaming sea of darkness, of trouble, and of blood ! 
and a devastating storm of vengeance from the Almighty ! 
But this Message doth contain an antedote for its own " bitter- 
ness" to those who will receive it, which shall be to them 
"sweet as honey," and thereby shall they be " delivered with 
mercy," for a part of their " song of gladness " shall be — 

But Thou wilt make this surging sea 

KOLL OUR FRAIL BARQUE ONWARD TO ThEE ! 

For these black heavens now are rent ! 
Through them Thou hast Thine Angel sent 
To calm the Jury of the blast ! 



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A holy light from Thee to cast 
Upon the pages of Thy Chart ! 
Thy STRENGTH and wisdom to impart! 

" The fury of the blast " which would have swept them 
away, shall to them "in gentle zephyrs wreathe," whilst 
the tornado of destruction shall fall upon the wicked ; 
for by warning them of present and coming danger they 
shall fly to the " Ark " of Safety, and thus be " delivered 
with mercy" I supply " their vessels " with " oil," so that 
in the thick darkness they shall not fall into the abyss of 
ruin ! — I "give them their portion of meat in due season," 
so that they are strong to battle with the waves of trouble 
and temptation, and shall also have strength to "stand" 
before the waves of wrath, which are rolling on like an 
overflowing flood! My "Lord hath made" me "Ruler 
over His Household" because I am the last "Anointed" 
the prophets declared should come; and therefore He 
said, " the last shall he first : " for in nineteen times 
there will be many " kings and priests." As " the Anointed 
which the Highest hath kept," I shall minister unto them 
the ^^ grace" and ^^ mercy" of Him who was " anoiiited with 
the oil of gladness above " His " fellows," in whose comingy 
believing, they shall "rejoice with joy unspeakable and 
full of glory," and thus shall I " MAKE THEM JOY- 



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FUL UNTIL THE COMING OF THE DAY OF 
JUDGMENT !" and thus ''deliver them with mercy!" and 
then shalt thou be delivered " to the burning flame ! " 

Eagle.— A.^ I regard not, O Lion, the mutterings of 
eternal thunder, shall I now quake before thy "roaring" 
"voice?" Like thine ancient Prototype, who prophesied 
great showers of rain, hurricanes of wind, and a deluge 
of water, thou wouldest frighten by thy evil auguries, but 
I believe them not; mine, is a foundation unchangeable, 
which hath withstood the shock of centuries, I am not to 
be " carried away by every wind of doctrine." 

Lion- Anointed. — But thou shalt believe, when by a 
whirlwind of vengeance from the Mighty thou shalt 
be " carried away " " as the chafl"," and thy foundation 
with thee !— when by the shoch of its crash it shall shake 
the foundations of the earth ! For the Most High shall 
from heaven pour down upon thee, not great showers of 
rain, but great showers of red-hot thunderbolts ! not hur- 
ricanes of wind, but hurricanes of devouring flame ! and 
He will sweep thee away, not with a deluge of water, but 
with an overflowing deluge of consuming fire ! For the 
"Witnesses" have testified that thou, and those with 
thee, are "guilty of death." And as "the Anointed which 
the Highest hath kept for" thy "wickedness," "and 
for their wickedness UNTO THE END," I do now 



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herewith condemn and sentence "thee" and "them" to 
SPEEDY DESTRUCTION ! And now know assuredly, that 
verily "the Highest also hath looked upon" thy ^^ proud 
times, and behold! they are ended! and his abomina- 
tions are fulfilled! And therefore appear no more, thou 
Eagle ! nor thy horrible wings ! nor thy wicked feathers ! 
nor thy malicious heads ! nor thy hurtful claws ! nor all 
thy vain body ! that all the earth may be refreshed ! and 
may return! being delivered from thy violence! and that 
she may hope for the judgment and mercy of Him that 
made her ! " 

And from these shores shall now roll forth two great tidal 
WAVES OF FLAME, which shall destroy thy proud dynasties ! 
and sweep away the thrones of iniquity ! and Heaven 
shall roll down upon thee a vast sheet of flame, which shall 

UTTERLY CONSUME THEE ! 

One wave* from this lashing "sea!" 
" The curse " of this " Flying Roll! " 
And Heav'n shall thunder on thee ! 
THOU'LT PASS "AS A" FLYING "SCROLL!" 

* Republicanism. 



